NS Basic/CE Specifications

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NS Basic/CE 8.0 Specifications

This is a list of commands, statements, functions and other parts that make up NS Basic/CE. They are described in more detail in the NS Basic/CE Handbook and in Language Reference under the NS Basic/CE Help Menu.

Statements

Error handling	On Error
Flow of control	Call, Do...Loop, Exit, For...Next, For Each...Next, If...Then...Else, Select Case, While...Wend, End, Bye
Other	AddObject, Break, Dim, DoEvents, Erase, Execute, KillFocus, Option Explicit, Print, Randomize, ReDim, RunAppAtEvent, RunAppAtTime, SendKey, SetMenu, SetWaveVolume, ShellExecute, ShowFullScreen, ShowOKButton, Sleep, UpdateScreen, WaitCursor
Structure	Function, Sub
Variables	Const, Dim, Erase, Option, Explicit, Private, Public, ReDim, Rem, Set

Functions

Arithmetic	Abs, Asc, Atn, Cos, Exp, Fix, Int, Log, Rnd, Round, Sgn, Sin, Sqr, Tan
Conversion	Cbool, Cbyte, Ccur, Cdate, CDbl, Chr, Cint, CLng, CSng, CStr, Hex, Oct
Date/Time	Date, DateAdd, DateDiff, DateSerial, Date,Value, Day, Hour, Minute, Month, MonthName, Now, Second, Space, Time, TimeSerial Time,Value, Weekday, WeekdayName, Year
Financial	DDB, FV, IPmt., IRR, MIRR, Nper, NPV, Pmt, PPmt, PV, Rate, SLN, SYD
Formatting	FormatCurrency, FormatDateTime, FormatNumber, FormatPercent
Input/Output	InputBox, MsgBox
Other	CreateShortcut, DatePart, Eval, GetResource, PlaySound
String Handling	Filter, InStr, InStrRev, Join, Lcase, Left, Len, Ltrim, Mid, Replace, Right, Rtrim, Split, StrComp, StrReverse, String, Trim, UCase
Variable Handling	Array, IsArray, IsDate, IsEmpty, IsNull, IsNumeric, IsObject, Lbound, TypeName, Ubound, VarType

Constants

Color	vbBlack, vbRed, vbGreen, vbYellow, vbBlue, vbMagenta, vbCyan, vbWhite
Comparison	vbBinaryCompare, vbTextCompare
Date/Time	vbSunday, vbMonday, vbTuesday, vbWednesday, vbThursday, vbFriday, vbSaturday, vbFirstJan1, vbFirstFourDays, vbFirstFullWeek, vbUseSystem, vbUseSystemDayOfWeek
Date Format	vbGeneralDate, vbLongDate, vbShortDate, vbLongTime, vbShortTime
MsgBox	display: vbOKOnly,vbOKCancel, vbAbortRetryIgnore, vbYesNoCancel, vbYesNo, vbRetryCancel, vbCritical, vbQuestion, vbExclamation, vbInformation, vbDefaultButton1, vbDefaultButton2, vbDefaultButton3, vbDefaultButton4, vbApplicationModal, vbSystemModal return: vbOK, vbCancel, vbAbort, vbRetry, vbIgnore, vbYes, vbNo
String	vbCr, vbCrLf, vbFormFeed, vbLf, vbNewLine, vbNullChar, vbNullString, vbTab, vbVerticalTab
VarType	vbEmpty, vbNull, vbInteger, vbLong, vbSingle, vbDouble, vbCurrency, vbDate, vbString, vbObject, vbError, vbBoolean, vbVariant, vbDataObject, vbDecimal, vbByte, vbArray
Other	CurrentPath, NSBVersion

Operators

Arithmetic	Addition (+), Division (/), Exponentiation (^), Integer Division (\), Mod, Muliplication (*), Negation (-), Subtraction (-)
Boolean	And, Eqv, Imp, Not, Or, Is, =, <, >, Xor
String	Concatenation (&)

Standard Objects

ADOCE	Active Data Object - Database control - exchange data with desktop
CheckBox	Standard checkbox object: can be left or right text
ComboBox	Standard combobox object
Comm	Serial Communications object
CommandButton	Standard command button
Dialog	Standard Dialog boxes for open, save, etc.
Err	Error codes
File	file I/O commands
FileSystem	file system commands
Finance	Functions
Frame	A container to group objects
Grid	Grid object for spreadsheet style data display
HScrollBar	Horizontal ScrollBar
Label	Standard Label
OptionButton	Standard option button
Output	The main output object (see also PictureBox)
Picturebox	General purpose object for buttons, pictures, text and graphics
TextBox	Standard Text input box
Tributton	3 state checkbox
VScrollBar	Vertical ScrollBar
Winsock	Winsock object for internet communications