Document Conventions

Microsoft Visual Basic Constants

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Document Conventions

Visual Basic documentation uses the following typographic conventions.

Convention Description
Sub, If, ChDir, Print, True, Debug Words in bold with initial letter capitalized indicate language-specific keywords.
Setup Words you are instructed to type appear in bold.
object, varname, arglist Italic, lowercase letters indicate placeholders for information you supply.
pathname, filenumber Bold, italic, and lowercase letters indicate placeholders for arguments where you can use either positional or named-argument syntax.
[expressionlist] In syntax, items inside brackets are optional.
{While | Until} In syntax, braces and a vertical bar indicate a mandatory choice between two or more items. You must choose one of the items unless all of the items are also enclosed in brackets. For example:

[{This | OrThat}]
ESC, ENTER Words in capital letters indicate key names and key sequences.
ALT+F1, CTRL+R A plus sign (+) between key names indicates a combination of keys. For example, ALT+F1 means hold down the ALT key while pressing the F1 key.

Code Conventions

The following code conventions are used:

Sample Code Description 
MyString = "Hello, world!"
 This font is used for code, variables, and error message text. 
' This is a comment.
 An apostrophe (') introduces code comments. 
MyVar = "This is an " _
& "example" _
& " of how to continue code."
 A space and an underscore ( _) continue a line of code.

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