Laura: Created page with "'''Visual Basic 6''' (a.k.a. '''VB6''') is an out-of-date programming language developed by Microsoft. Though it is very popular and well known. Here is a reference chart wh..."

2013-05-18T16:27:54Z

Created page with "'''Visual Basic 6''' (a.k.a. '''VB6''') is an out-of-date programming language developed by Microsoft. Though it is very popular and well known. Here is a reference chart wh..."

New page

'''Visual Basic 6''' (a.k.a. '''VB6''') is an out-of-date programming language developed by Microsoft. Though it is very popular and well known.

Here is a reference chart which list VB6 functions and commands and their equivalents in [[Business Rules!]].

<br>

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center"
|-
! BR!
! VB6
|-
|  !
| '
|-
| A$(3:4)
| mid(A$,3,2) [http://www.vb6.us/tutorials/vb6-string-functions]
Left
Right
|-
| Ctrl+A
| Ctrl+Break
(only works during development time, not after being compiled)

|-
| [[Chr$]]
| Chr$
|-
| [[Date$]]
| Format$ [http://www.vb6.us/tutorials/formating-dates-and-times-vb6] and Now
|-
| [[Env$]]("[variable]")
| Environ$("[variable]")
|-
| [[Cnvrt$]]
| Format
|-
| [[DimOnly]]
| Option Explicit
(similar but different in scope)
|-
| [[LTrm$]]
| LTrim$
|-
| [[LwrC$]]
| LCase$
|-
| [[Pos]]
| InStr and InstrRev
|-
| [[RTrm$]]
| RTrim$
|-
| [[SRep$]]
| Replace$
|-
| [[Trim$]]
| Trim$
|-
| [[UprC$]]
| UCase$
|-
| [[Max]]
| (no equivalent)
|-
| Print [[Bell]];
| Beep
|-
| UDim(xArray)
| CStr(xArray.length)
|-
| [[Option Base 1]] and [[Option Base 0]]
| "Option Base 1, will force VB to default the lower bound of arrays to 1. The Option Base statement can only have the number 0 or 1 after it, and 0 is the default – so you never need to code Option Base 0" [http://www.vb6.us/tutorials/understanding-arrays] Note that the defaults in BR! and VB6 are opposite.
|-
| [[Mat]]
| To change the size of an array use ''Redim'' or ''ReDim Preserve'' (to also keep the existing values) [http://visualbasic.freetutes.com/learn-vb6/lesson6.html]
|-
| [[Else If]]
| ElseIf (note the missing space)
|-
| [[Status]] Stacks
| Call Stack available from the Debug Toolbar
|-
| [[Free|Free]]
| [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ey1w10ch%28v=vs.80%29.aspx Kill]
|-
|if [[exists]]("C\What\File.txt")<>0 then
| If Dir("C\What\File.txt")<>"" Then
|}

<noinclude>
[[Category:Programming Language]]
</noinclude>

Visual Basic 6 - Revision history

Laura: Created page with "'''Visual Basic 6''' (a.k.a. '''VB6''') is an out-of-date programming language developed by Microsoft. Though it is very popular and well known. Here is a reference chart wh..."