Computer Programming Concepts and Visual Basic David I. Schneider

Focus Default Default Number
First Button 0
Second Button 256
Third Button 512
Icon Icon Number
Stop sign 16
Question mark 32
Exclamation mark 48
Information 64
The value of the function MsgBox(prompt, buttons, title) indicates which of the displayed
buttons the user pushed; in all other aspects the MsgBox statement and function act in the
same manner. The values returned for each of the possible buttons pressed are 1 for OK, 2
for Cancel (or Esc), 3 for Abort, 4 for Retry, 5 for Ignore, 6 for Yes, and 7 for No.
MULTILINE The property MultiLine determines whether or not a text box can accept and
display multiple lines. If the MultiLine property of a text box is set to True, then text entered
in the text box will wrap to a new line when the right side of the text box is reached. Pressing
the Enter key will also start a new line. If the MultiLine property of a text box is set to
False (the default), input is restricted to a single line that scrolls if more input is entered than
can be displayed within the width of the text box.
NAME (Property) The property Name is used at design time to give a meaningful name to
a form or control. This new name will then be used by Visual Basic in naming all event procedures
for the form or control.
NAME (Statement) The statement Name “filespec1”As “filespec2”is used to change the
name and/or the directory of filespec1 to the name and/or directory specified by filespec2.
The two filespecs must refer to the same drive. [filespec]
NEW The keyword New is used with Set, to create an instance of a class. A typical statement
is Set objectVariable As New className.
NEWINDEX The NewIndex property of a combo box or list box gives the index number of
the item most recently added to the list.
NEWPAGE The method Printer.NewPage indicates that the current page of output is complete
and should be sent to the printer.
NOT (Bitwise Operator) The expression Not byte1 is evaluated by expressing the byte as an
8-tuple binary number and then Notting each individual digit, where Not 1 is equal to 0,
while Not 0 is equal to 1. For example, the expression Not 37 translated to binary 8-tuples
becomes Not 00100101. Notting each digit gives the binary 8-tuple 11011010 or decimal
218; thus Not 37 is 218.
NOT (Logical Operator) The logical expression Not condition1 is true if condition1 is false
and false if condition1 is true. For example, Not (3”moon”is false.
NOTHING The keyword Nothing is used with Set to discontinue the association of an object
variable with a specific object. A typical statement is Set objectVariable = Nothing. Assigning
Nothing to an object variable releases all the system and memory resources associated
with the previously referenced object when no other variable refers to it.
NOW The value of the function Now( ) is the serial date for the current date and time as
recorded on the computer’s internal clock. [date]
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