Visual Basic

Welcome to the Visual Basic documentation.

Visual Basic includes many documentation tools, each designed to help you learn and use a particular aspect of the product. The documentation provided with Visual Basic includes the following:

• Visual Basic User Interface Help

  Look here for Help on interface elements of the Visual Basic Editor, such as commands, dialog boxes, windows, and toolbars.

• Visual Basic Conceptual Topics

  The Conceptual Help topics include information to help you understand Visual Basic programming.

• Visual Basic How-To Topics

  Look in the How To section of Help to find useful common procedures, for example, how to use the Object Browser or how to set Visual Basic Environment options.

• Visual Basic Language Reference

  The Language Reference is the place to find Help on Visual Basic the language: all its methods, properties, statements, functions, operators, and objects.

• Visual Basic Add-In Model

  If you want to customize the Visual Basic editor, see this language reference for Help on the object model that allows you to extend the environment.

• Microsoft Forms Reference

  Look here for Help on Userforms and controls, and how to program with them using Visual Basic.