Visual Basic Equivalents C
Visual Basic Equivalents C
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| C | |
|---|---|
| Call | Call
' or WordBasic.Call ' or Application.Run |
| Cancel | Selection.ColumnSelectMode = False
Selection.ExtendMode = False Selection.EscapeKey |
| CancelButton | CommandButton |
| CenterPara, CenterPara() | Selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
x = Selection.Paragraphs.Alignment |
| ChangeCase, ChangeCase() | Selection.Range.Case = WdCharacterCase
x = Selection.Range.Case |
| CharColor, CharColor() | Selection.Font.ColorIndex = WdColorIndex
x = Selection.Font.ColorIndex |
| CharLeft 1
CharLeft 1, 1 num = CharLeft(1) |
Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdMove
Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend num = Selection.MoveLeft(Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1) |
| CharRight 1
CharRight 1, 1 num = CharRight(1) |
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdMove
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend num = Selection.MoveRight(Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1) |
| ChDefaultDir path, wdDefaultFilePath | Options.DefaultFilePath(WdDefaultFilePath) = path |
| ChDir path | ChDir path
' or Application.ChangeFileOpenDirectory |
| CheckBox | CheckBox control |
| CheckBoxFormField | ActiveDocument.FormFields.Add Range:=range, Type:=wdFieldFormCheckBox |
| ChooseButtonImage | With CommandBars(name).Controls(1)
.FaceId = num .TooltipText = text End With |
| Chr$(num) | Chr(num) |
| CleanString$(string) | x = CleanString(string) |
| ClearAddInst | Addins.Unload |
| ClearFormField | ActiveDocument.FormFields(1).TextInput.Clear |
| Close | Close |
| ClosePane | ActiveWindow.ActivePane.Close |
| ClosePreview | ActiveDocument.ClosePrintPreview |
| CloseUpPara | Selection.Paragraphs.CloseUp |
| CloseViewHeaderFooter | ActiveWindow.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument |
| CmpBookmarks() | If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(name) = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(name) Then
same = True End If The Start and End properties can be used to compare the starting and ending positions of two bookmarks. |
| ColumnSelect | Selection.ColumnSelectMode = True |
| ComboBox | ComboBox control |
| CommandValid() | Use the IsObjectValid property to determine if an object variable reference is valid. Also an object variable that returns Nothing is not valid. |
| Connect | System.Connect |
| ControlRun | WordBasic.ControlRun
' or Shell appfilename |
| Converter$(num) | x = FileConverters(num).ClassName |
| ConverterLookup(name) | x = FileConverters(name).SaveFormat |
| ConvertObject IconNumber, ActivateAs, IconFileName, Caption, Class, DisplayIcon | With ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).OLEFormat
.IconIndex = num .ActivateAs = text .IconPath & Application.PathSeparator & .IconName .IconLabel = text .ClassType = text .DisplayAsIcon = True End With |
| CopyBookmark | ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(name).Copy(name) |
| CopyButtonImage | CommandBars(name).Controls(1).CopyFace |
| CopyFile | FileCopy |
| CopyFormat | Selection.CopyFormat |
| CopyText | Application.Run MacroName:="CopyText" |
| CountAddins() | x = Addins.Count |
| CountAutoCorrectExceptions(0)
CountAutoCorrectExceptions(1) |
x = AutoCorrect.FirstLetterExceptions.Count
x = AutoCorrect.TwoInitialCapsExceptions.Count |
| CountAutoTextEntries() | x = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.AutoTextEntries.Count |
| CountBookmarks() | x = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Count |
| CountDirectories() | myPath = "C:\"
myName = Dir(myPath, vbDirectory) Do While myName <> "" If myName <> "." And myName <> ".." Then If (GetAttr(myPath & myName) And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory Then count = count + 1 End If End If myName = Dir Loop MsgBox count & " directories" |
| CountDocumentProperties() | x = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Count
' or x = ActiveDocument.CustomDocumentProperties.Count |
| CountDocumentVars() | x = ActiveDocument.Variables.Count |
| CountFiles() | x = RecentFiles.Count |
| CountFonts() | x = FontNames.Count
' or x = PortraitFontNames.Count ' or x = LandscapeFontNames.Count |
| CountFoundFiles() | x = Application.FileSearch.FoundFiles.Count |
| CountKeys() | CustomizationContext = template or document
x = KeyBindings.Count |
| CountLanguages() | x = Languages.Count |
| CountMacros() | ' no direct equivalent
' counts the number of modules associated with the normal template For Each xItem In NormalTemplate.VBProject.VBComponents If xItem.Type = vbext_ct_StdModule Then Count = Count + 1 Next x MsgBox Count |
| CountMenuItems() | x = CommandBars(name).Controls.Count |
| CountMenus() | x = CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.Controls.Count |
| CountMergeFields() | x = ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Fields.Count |
| CountStyles() | x = ActiveDocument.Styles.Count
' or x = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.OpenAsDocument.Styles.Count ' to exclude built-in styles from the count For Each xSty In ActiveDocument.Styles If xSty.BuiltIn = False Then aCount = aCount + 1 Next xSty |
| CountToolbarButtons() | x = CommandBars(name).Controls.Count |
| CountToolbars() | For Each xCB In CommandBars
If xCB.Type = msoBarTypeNormal Then aCount = aCount + 1 Next xCB |
| CountToolsGrammarStatistics() | x = ActiveDocument.Content.ReadabilityStatistics.Count |
| CountWindows() | x = Windows.Count |
| CreateSubdocument | ActiveDocument.Subdocuments.AddFromRange |