Name
ScriptEngine Property
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Globals
Syntax
ScriptEngine
Return Value
A String containing the value “VB”
Description
Indicates the programming language currently in use
Rules at a Glance
ScriptEngine is a read-only property.
Programming Tips and Gotchas
A number of scripting engines support a ScriptEngine property or 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 property 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 property is new to VB.NET and is not supported in VB 6.
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