Name

ScriptEngineMajorVersion Function

Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Globals

Syntax

ScriptEngineMajorVersion(  )

Return Value

An Integer containing the major version number

Description

Indicates the major version (1, 2, etc.) of the programming language currently in use

Rules at a Glance

The initial version of VB .NET returns “7” as its major version number.

Programming Tips and Gotchas

  • This function is also implemented in the JScript scripting engine.

  • If your script requires some functionality available in a baseline version, ordinarily you want to make sure that the script is running on that version or a later version. You do not want to test for equality, since that may leave your code unable to run on later versions of the language engine.

VB .NET/VB 6 Differences

This function is new to VB .NET.

See Also

ScriptEngine Function, ScriptEngineBuildVersion Function, ScriptEngineMinorVersion Function

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