MSDN Documentation

.NET Framework

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic

Provides classes and members that are fundamental to Visual Basic development, offering extensive functionality for common programming tasks.

Assembly: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Members

Interaction Class

Provides methods for executing common operations such as playing sounds, displaying messages, and retrieving input from the user.

Information Class

Provides methods for retrieving information about the system, the application, and the execution environment.

Strings Class

Provides methods for manipulating strings, including conversion, parsing, and formatting operations.

FileSystem Class

Provides methods for performing file system operations such as creating, copying, deleting, and moving files and directories.

CurrencyConverter Class

Provides methods for converting numeric values to their string representation in a currency format.

VBMath Class

Provides methods for performing mathematical operations, including trigonometric functions and random number generation.

DateAndTime Class

Provides properties and methods for retrieving and manipulating date and time information.

Registry Class

Provides methods for interacting with the Windows Registry.

Resources Class

Provides methods for accessing application resources, such as strings and images.

ControlChars Class

Provides properties for accessing control characters, such as newline and tab.