Name

ScriptEngine Function

Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Globals

Syntax

ScriptEngine(  )

Return Value

A String containing the value “VB”

Description

Indicates the programming language currently in use

Programming Tips and Gotchas

  • A number of scripting engines support the ScriptEngine function, which allows you to determine the programming language used for a particular block of code. These languages, and the strings they return, are shown in the following table:

Language

String

Microsoft JScript

JScript

VB .NET

VB

VBScript

VBScript

  • The ScriptEngine function can be most useful when calling legacy code. On the .NET platform, the need to know the current scripting engine is substantially lessened by the existence of a unified type system.

VB .NET/VB 6 Differences

The function is new to VB .NET and is not supported in VB 6.

See Also

ScriptEngineMinorVersion Function, ScriptEngineMajorVersion Function, ScriptEngineBuildVersion Function

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