VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Constants

VB recognizes the following intrinsic constants:

Call Type Constants

`vbGet`	`vbMethod`
`vbLet`	`vbSet`

Comparison Constants

vbBinaryCompare

vbTextCompare

Date and Time Constants

`vbSunday`	`vbSaturday`
`vbMonday`	`vbUseSystem`
`vbTuesday`	`vbUseSystemDayOfWeek`
`vbWednesday`	`vbFirstJan1`
`vbThursday`	`vbFirstFourDays`
`vbFriday`	`vbFirstFullWeek`

Date Format Constants

`vbGeneralDate`	`vbShortDate`
`vbLongDate`	`vbShortTime`
`vbLongTime`

Error Constant

vbObjectError

File Attributes

`vbArchive`	`vbNormal`
`vbDirectory`	`vbSystem`
`vbHidden`	`vbVolume`
`vbReadOnly`

Logical and Tristate Constants

`False`	`vbTrue`
`True`	`vbUseDefault`
`vbFalse`

Message Box Constants

Buttons constants

`vbAbortRetryIgnore`	`vbRetryCancel`
`vbMsgBoxHelp`	`vbYesNo`
`vbOKCancel`	`vbYesNoCancel`
`vbOKOnly`

Default button constants

`vbDefaultButton1`	`vbDefaultButton3`
`vbDefaultButton2`

Icon constants

`vbCritical`	`vbInformation`
`vbExclamation`	`vbQuestion`

Modality constants

vbApplicationModal

vbSystemModal

Return value constants

`vbAbort`	`vbOK`
`vbCancel`	`vbRetry`
`vbIgnore`	`vbYes`
`vbNo`

Miscellaneous constants

`vbMsgBoxRight`	`vbMsgBoxSetForeground`
`vbMsgBoxRtlReading`

Special Character Constants

`vbBack`	`vbNewLine`
`vbCr`	`vbNullChar`
`vbCrLf`	`vbNullString`
`vbFormFeed`	`vbTab`
`vbLf`	`vbVerticalTab`

Variable Subtype Constants

`vbArray`	`vbInteger`
`vbBoolean`	`vbLong`
`vbByte`	`vbNull`
`vbCurrency`	`vbObject`
`vbDate`	`vbSingle`
`vbDecimal`	`vbString`
`vbDouble`	`vbUserDefinedType`
`vbEmpty`	`vbVariant`

Window Style Constants

`vbHide`	`vbNarrow`
`vbHiragana`	`vbNormalFocus ...`

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VB.NET Language Pocket Reference by Steven Roman PhD, Ron Petrusha, Paul Lomax