Interaction Module (Visual Basic)

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The Interaction module contains procedures used to interact with objects, applications, and systems.

Remarks

This module supports the Visual Basic language keywords and run-time library members that run other programs, call a method or property, sound a beep from the computer, provide a command-line string, manipulate COM objects, and control dialog boxes.

Members

AppActivate

Beep

CallByName

Choose

Command

CreateObject

DeleteSetting

Environ

GetAllSettings

GetObject

GetSetting

IIf

InputBox

MsgBox

Partition

SaveSetting

Shell

Switch

 

 

Example

The following example uses the Shell function to run an application specified by the user. Specifying AppWinStyle.NormalFocus as the second argument opens the application in normal size and gives it the focus.

Dim procID As Integer
' Run calculator.
procID = Shell("C:\Windows\system32\calc.exe", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)
' The preceding path is for Windows XP.
' The Windows 2000 path is C:\WINNT\system32\calc.exe.

See Also

Reference

Information and Interaction Summary

Keywords and Members by Task

Visual Basic Language Keywords

Visual Basic Run-Time Library Members

Keywords Compared in Different Languages