Constants

1.7 Constants

VB recognizes the following intrinsic constants:

1.7.1 Call Type Constants

vbGet	vbMethod
vbLet	vbSet

1.7.2 Comparison Constants

vbBinaryCompare

vbTextCompare

1.7.3 Date and Time Constants

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

1.7.4 Date Format Constants

vbGeneralDate	vbShortDate
vbLongDate	vbShortTime
vbLongTime

1.7.5 Error Constant

vbObjectError

1.7.6 File Attributes

vbArchive	vbNormal
vbDirectory	vbSystem
vbHidden	vbVolume
vbReadOnly

1.7.7 Logical and Tristate Constants

False	vbTrue
True	vbUseDefault
vbFalse

1.7.8 Message Box Constants

1.7.8.1 Buttons constants

vbAbortRetryIgnore	vbRetryCancel
vbMsgBoxHelp	vbYesNo
vbOKCancel	vbYesNoCancel
vbOKOnly

1.7.8.2 Default button constants

vbDefaultButton1	vbDefaultButton3
vbDefaultButton2

1.7.8.3 Icon constants

vbCritical	vbInformation
vbExclamation	vbQuestion

1.7.8.4 Modality constants

vbApplicationModal

vbSystemModal

1.7.8.5 Return value constants

vbAbort	vbOK
vbCancel	vbRetry
vbIgnore	vbYes
vbNo

1.7.8.6 Miscellaneous constants

vbMsgBoxRight	vbMsgBoxSetForeground
vbMsgBoxRtlReading

1.7.9 Special Character Constants

vbBack	vbNewLine
vbCr	vbNullChar
vbCrLf	vbNullString
vbFormFeed	vbTab
vbLf	vbVerticalTab

1.7.10 Variable Subtype Constants

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

1.7.11 Window Style Constants

vbHide	vbNarrow
vbHiragana	vbNormalFocus
vbKatakana	vbNormalNoFocus
vbLinguisticCasing	vbProperCase
vbLowerCase	vbSimplifiedChinese
vbMaximizedFocus	vbTraditionalChinese
vbMinimizedFocus	vbUpperCase
vbMinimizedNoFocus	vbWide

User-defined constants can be declared using the Const statement.