How to Address the Master Object Called Global

Last reviewed: October 30, 1995
Article ID: Q138069

The information in this article applies to:

Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

The standard Visual Basic Objects like the App object, the Printer Object, the Clipboard Object, the Screen Object, and the Forms Collection Object are all implemented as methods of the master object called Global. There is very seldom a need to use the object Global.

MORE INFORMATION

Because the name of this master object conflicts with the Visual Basic Global keyword, you must enclose it in square brackets when you use it. This object also appears in the Object Browser under the Visual Basic Library. Here's an Example:

   Dim x As [Global].Forms
   Debug.print x.Count

NOTE: The object Global is special in that it is a VTable only object; in other words, you can't do the following:

   Dim x As Object
   Set x = [Global]

Additional reference words: 4.00 vb4win vb4all
KBCategory: kbole
KBSubcategory: IAPOLE

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Last reviewed: October 30, 1995
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