Interaction Class

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<StandardModuleAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class Interaction
[StandardModuleAttribute]
public sealed class Interaction

The Interaction type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public methodStatic member Choose Selects and returns a value from a list of arguments.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodStatic member IIf Returns one of two objects, depending on the evaluation of an expression.
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodStatic member Partition Returns a string representing the calculated range that contains a number.
Public methodStatic member Switch Evaluates a list of expressions and returns an Object value corresponding to the first expression in the list that is True.
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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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.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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