Constants
The constants in Tables A-1 through A-6 are built into Microsoft Visual Basic, Scripting Edition (VBScript) and therefore do not need to be defined prior to use. You can use them anywhere in your code to represent the values shown.
Table A-1. String constantsConstant | Value | Description |
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vbCr | Chr(13) | Carriage return | VbCrLf | Chr(13) and Chr(10) | Carriage returnlinefeed combination | vbFormFeed | Chr(12) | Form feed; not useful in Microsoft Windows | vbLf | Chr(10) | Line feed | vbNewLine | Chr(13) and Chr(10) or Chr(10) | Platform-specific newline character; whatever is appropriate for the platform | vbNullChar | Chr(0) | Character having the value 0 | vbNullString | String having value 0 | Not the same as a zero-length string (""); used for calling external procedures | vbTab | Chr(9) | Horizontal tab | vbVerticalTab | Chr(11) | Vertical tab; not useful in Microsoft Windows |
Table A-2. Comparison constantsConstant | Value | Description |
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vbBinaryCompare | 0 | Perform a binary comparison | vbTextCompare | 1 | Perform a textual comparison |
Table A-3. Date and time constantsConstant | Value | Description |
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VbSunday | 1 | Sunday | VbMonday | 2 | Monday | vbTuesday | 3 | Tuesday | vbWednesday | 4 | Wednesday | vbThursday | 5 | Thursday | VbFriday | 6 | Friday | vbSaturday | 7 | Saturday | VbUseSystemDayOfWeek | 0 | Use the day of the week specified in your system settings for the first day of the week | VbFirstJan1 | 1 | Use the week in which January 1 occurs (default) | vbFirstFourDays | 2 | Use the first week that has at least four days in the new year | vbFirstFullWeek | 3 | Use the first full week of the year |
Table A-4. Date formatting constantsConstant | Value | Description |
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vbGeneralDate | 0 | Display a date and/or time. For real numbers, display a date and time. If there is no fractional part, display only a date. If there is no integer part, display time only. Date and time display is determined by your system settings. | vbLongDate | 1 | Display a date using the long date format specified in your computer's regional settings. | vbShortDate | 2 | Display a date using the short date format specified in your computer's regional settings. | vbLongTime | 3 | Display a time using the long time format specified in your computer's regional settings. | vbShortTime | 4 | Display a time using the short time format specified in your computer's regional settings. |
Table A-5. Tri-state constantsConstant | Value | Description |
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vbUseDefault | -2 | Use default from your computer's regional settings | VbTrue | -1 | True | VbFalse | 0 | False |
Table A-6. Color constantsConstant | Value | Description |
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vbBlack | &h00 | Black | vbRed | &hFF | Red | vbGreen | &hFF00 | Green | vbYellow | &hFFFF | Yellow | vbBlue | &hFF0000 | Blue | vbMagenta | &hFF00FF | Magenta | vbCyan | &hFFFF00 | Cyan | vbWhite | &hFFFFFF | White |
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