Visual Basic Language Reference

Summarizes the way that keywords, placeholders, and other elements of the language are formatted in the Visual Basic documentation.

Lists the classes and modules of the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace, with links to their member functions, methods, properties, constants, and enumerations.

Lists all Visual Basic keywords and provides links to more information.

Documents the attributes available in Visual Basic.

Documents the constants and enumerations available in Visual Basic.

Documents the data types available in Visual Basic.

Documents the compiler directives available in Visual Basic.

Documents the run-time functions available in Visual Basic.

Lists the Visual Basic run-time modifiers and provides links to more information.

Documents the modules available in Visual Basic and their members.

Describes the default value of any data type.

Documents the objects available in Visual Basic and their members.

Documents the operators available in Visual Basic.

Documents the properties available in Visual Basic.

Provides reference information about using Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) expressions in your code.

Documents the declaration and executable statements available in Visual Basic.

Describes the documentation comments for which IntelliSense is provided in the Visual Basic Code Editor.

Provides links to information about using XML axis properties to access XML directly in your code.

Provides links to information about using XML literals to incorporate XML directly in your code.

Provides a listing of Visual Basic compiler and run-time error messages and help on how to handle them.

Provides comprehensive help on all areas of the Visual Basic language.

Describes how to use the command-line compiler as an alternative to compiling programs from within the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).