VB 3.0 CONSTANT.TXT Gives Values for Named Constants

- Standard and Professional Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for

  Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

The CONSTANT.TXT file is distributed with the Standard and Professional Editions of Visual Basic version 3.0 for Windows.

CONSTANT.TXT is the global constant file for Visual Basic. The CONSTANT.TXT file provides an electronic copy of named constants mentioned in the Visual Basic manuals and sample programs.

For convenient programming access to all global constants, you can load the CONSTANT.TXT file into a code module in Visual Basic.

If you are updating a Visual Basic application written with an older version, you should replace your global constants with the constants in the CONSTANT.TXT file.

MORE INFORMATION

Constants for Both Standard and Professional Editions

The CONSTANT.TXT file defines named Const constants for the following topics. All of these apply to both the Standard and Professional Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, version 3.0:

Action Property Actions Align (picture box) Alignment Arrange Method for MDI Forms AutoActivate modes BorderStyle (form) BorderStyle (Shape and Line) Button parameter masks Check Value Clipboard formats CMDIALOG.VBX ColAlignment, FixedAlignment Properties Color Dialog Flags Colors Common Dialog Control Data control DisplayTypes Drag (controls) DragMode DragOver DrawMode DrawStyle Editmode property values Enumerated Types ErrNum (LinkError) Error Constants Error event Response arguments Event Parameters File Open/Save Dialog Flags FillStyle Fillstyle Property Fonts Dialog Flags Function Parameters General Grid Help Constants Key Codes LinkMode (forms and controls) MiscFlag Bits MousePointer MsgBox parameters MsgBox return values OLE Client Control OLEType OLETypeAllowed Options property values Printer Dialog Flags Properties QueryUnload ScaleMode ScrollBar SetAttr, Dir, GetAttr functions Shape Shift parameter masks Show parameters SizeModes Special Verb Values System Colors Update Event Constants UpdateOptions Validate event Action arguments Variant VarType tags VerbFlag Bit Masks WindowState ZOrder Method

Constants for Professional Edition

The Professional Edition includes the following controls:

1. 3-D Controls (Frame/Panel/Option/Check/Command/Group Push)

The CONSTANT.TXT file defines the values of named Const constants for the following topics which apply to the Professional Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows:

3D Controls Action Alignment (Check Box) Alignment (Frame) Alignment (Option Button) Alignment (Panel) Animated Button Area Chart Options Autosize (Command Button) Autosize (Panel) Autosize (Ribbon Button) Bar Chart Options BevelInner (Panel) BevelOuter (Panel) Click Filter property ClipMode Colors Comm Control Cycle property Data Arrays Draw Mode Error code constants ERROR CONSTANT DECLARATIONS (MAPI CONTROLS) Event constants FloodType (Panel) Font3D (Panel, Command Button, Option Button, Check Box, Frame) Gantt Chart Options GAUGE Graph Control Graph Types Grids Handshaking HLC Chart Options Key Status Control Line Styles Line/Polar Chart Options MAPI MESSAGE CONTROL CONSTANTS Masked Edit Control MCI Control (Multimedia) MISCELLANEOUS GLOBAL CONSTANT DECLARATIONS (MAPI CONTROLS) Mode Property NotifyValue Property Orientation Property Outline Outline Control Error Constants Patterns PicDrawMode Property PictureDnChange (Ribbon Button) PictureType Pie Chart Options Print Options RecordMode Porperty ShadowColor (Panel, Frame) ShadowStyle (Frame) SpecialOp Property Spin Button SpinOrientation Statistics Style Style Property Symbols TextPosition Property TimeFormat Property

REFERENCES

• Online Help file VB.HLP
• "Microsoft Visual Basic Version 3.0 for Windows: Programmer's Guide"
• "Microsoft Visual Basic Version 3.0 for Windows: Language Reference"