Constant

Value

Description

ebMinimized

1

The application is minimized.

ebMaximized

2

The application is maximized.

ebRestored

3

The application is restored.

True

1

Boolean value True.

False

0

Boolean value False.

Empty

Empty

Variant of type 0, indicating that the variant is un-initialized.

Nothing

0

Value indicating that an object variable no longer references a valid object.

Null

Null

Variant of type 1, indicating that the variant contains no data.

ebCFText

1

Text.

ebCFBitmap

2

Bitmap

ebCFMetafile

3

Metafile.

ebCFDIB

8

Device-independent bitmap.

ebCFPalette

9

Palette

ebCFUnicode

13

Unicode text

ebUseSunday

0

Use the date setting as specified by the current locale.

ebSunday

1

Sunday.

ebMonday

2

Monday

ebTuesday

3

Tuesday

ebWednesday

4

Wednesday.

ebThursday

5

Thursday

ebFriday

6

Friday

ebSaturday

7

Saturday.

ebFirstJan1

1

Start with week in which January 1 occurs.

ebFirstFourDays

2

Start with first week with at least four days in the new year.

ebFirstFullWeek

3

Start with first full week of the year.

ebNormal

0

Read-only, archive, subdir, and none.

ebReadOnly

1

Read-only files.

ebHidden

2

Hidden files.

ebSystem

4

System files

ebVolume

8

Volume labels

ebDirectory

16

Subdirectory

ebArchive

32

Files that have changed since the last backup.

ebNone

64

Files with no attributes.

ebWindows

Windows executable file

ebRegular

1

Normal font (i.e., neither bold nor italic).

ebItalic

2

Italic font.

ebBold

4

Bold font.

ebBoldItalic

6

Bold-italic font.

ebIMENoOp

0

 IME not installed

ebIMEOn

1

IME on

ebIMEOff

2

IME off

ebIMEDisabled

3

IME disabled

ebIMEHiragana

4

Hiragana double-byte character.

ebIMEKatakanaDbl

5

Katakana double-byte characters.

ebIMEKatakanaSng

6

Katakana single-byte characters.

ebIMEAlphaDbl

7

Alphanumeric double-byte characters.

ebIMEAlphaSng

8

Alphanumeric single-byte characters.

PI

3.1415...

Value of PI.

ebOKOnly

0

Displays only the OK button.

ebOKCancel

1

Displays OK and Cancel buttons.

ebAbortRetryIgnore

2

Displays Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.

ebYesNoCancel

3

Displays Yes, No, and Cancel buttons.

ebYesNo

4

Displays Yes and No buttons.

ebRetryCancel

5

Displays Cancel and Retry buttons.

ebCritical

16

Displays the stop icon.

ebQuestion

32

Displays the question icon.

ebExclamation

48

Displays the exclamation icon.

ebInformation

64

Displays the information icon.

ebApplicationModal

0

The current application is suspended until the dialog box is closed.

ebDefaultButton1

0

First button is the default button.

ebDefaultButton2

256

Second button is the default button.

ebDefaultButton3

512

Third button is the default button.

ebSystemModal

4096

All applications are suspended until the dialog box is closed.

ebOK

1

Returned from MsgBox indicating that OK was pressed.

ebCancel

2

Returned from MsgBox indicating that Cancel was pressed.

ebAbort

3

Returned from MsgBox indicating that Abort was pressed.

ebRetry

4

Returned from MsgBox indicating that Retry was pressed.

ebIgnore

5

Returned from MsgBox indicating that Ignore was pressed.

ebYes

6

Returned from MsgBox indicating that Yes was pressed.

ebNo

7

Returned from MsgBox indicating that No was pressed.

ebLandscape

1

Landscape paper orientation.

ebPortrait

2

Portrait paper orientation

ebLeftButton

1

Left mouse button

ebRightButton

2

Right mouse button

ebHide

0

Application is initially hidden.

ebNormalFocus

1

Application is displayed at the default position and has the focus.

ebMinimizedFocus

2

Application is initially minimized and has the focus.

ebMaximizedFocus

3

Application is maximized and has the focus.

ebNormalNoFocus

4

Application is displayed at the default position and does not have the focus.

ebMinimizedNoFocus

6

Application is minimized and does not have the focus.

ebUpperCase

1

Converts string to uppercase.

ebLowerCase

2

Converts string to lowercase.

ebProperCase

3

Capitalizes the first letter of each word.

ebWide

4

Converts narrow characters to wide characters.

ebNarrow

8

Converts wide characters to narrow characters.

ebKatakana

16

Converts Hiragana characters to Katakana characters.

ebHiragana

32

Converts Katakana characters to Hiragana characters.

ebUnicode

64

Converts string from MBCS to UNICODE.

ebFromUnicode

128

Converts string from UNICODE to MBCS.

ebEmpty

0

Variant has not been initialized.

ebNull

1

Variant contains no valid data.

ebInteger

2

Variant contains an Integer.

ebLong

3

Variant contains a Long.

ebSingle

4

Variant contains a Single.

ebDouble

5

Variant contains a Double.

ebCurrency

6

Variant contains a Currency.

ebDate

7

Variant contains a Date.

ebString

8

Variant contains a String.

ebObject

9

Variant contains an Object.

ebError

10

Variant contains an Error.

ebBoolean

11

Variant contains a Boolean.

ebVariant

12

Variant contains an array of Variants.

ebDataObject

13

Variant contains a data object.

ebArray

8192

Added to any of the other types to indicate an array of that type.

Constant

Value

Description

ebBack

Chr$(8)

String containing a backspace.

ebCr

Chr$(13)

String containing a carriage return.

ebCrLf

Chr$(13) & Chr$(10)

String containing a carriage-return linefeed pair.

ebFormFeed

Chr$(11)

String containing a form feed.

ebLf

Chr$(10)

String containing a line feed.

ebNullChar

Chr$(0)

String containing a single null character.

ebNullString

0

Special string value used to pass null pointers to external routines.

ebTab

Chr$(9)

String containing a tab.

ebVerticalTab

Chr$(12)

String containing a vertical tab.

Constant

Value

Win32

True if development environment is 32-bit Windows.

Empty

Empty

False

False

Null

Null

True

True

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