VB 3.0 CONSTANT.TXT Gives Values for Named Constants

ID: Q108468

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Standard and Professional Editions 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:

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

Animated Button

Gauge Control

Graph Control Section

Key Status Control

Spin Button

MCI Control (Multimedia)

Masked Edit Control

Comm Control

Outline Control

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"

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