April 2002
Intermediate to advanced
688 pages
19h 51m
English
Content preview from VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, Second Edition
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Interaction
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Element |
Description |
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AppActivate statement |
Gives the focus to a window based on its title or task ID |
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AppActivateHelper statement |
Gives the focus to a window based on its window handle |
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Beep statement |
Sounds a note using the computer speaker |
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Choose function |
Returns a value from a list based on its index |
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Command function |
Returns the argument portion of the command line |
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Environ function |
Retrieves the value of an environment variable |
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IIf function |
Returns one of two values based on the evaluation of a Boolean expression |
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InputBox function |
Returns user input from a simple dialog box |
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MsgBox function |
Displays a message box with buttons, icon, and a message, and returns the button selected by the user |
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Shell function |
Launches an external application |
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Switch function |
Returns the first value or expression in a list that is
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Send, SendWait methods |
Send keystrokes to the active window |
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