Category

The Category and Name options of the Script Assistant are used together to help you find and insert proper Visual Basic statements into the edit box.

Understanding Categories

There are many hundreds of functions, operators, constants and other language components to choose from when writing Visual Basic. Microsoft's documentation on the entire list of these components can be viewed by clicking on the Visual Basic Help button. However, to make the Script Assistant manageable, only a portion of the available components are listed in the Script Assistant.

Because presenting even this reduced number of components in a single list would make the search for individual Visual Basic components difficult and slow, the list has been broken up into separate categories listed in the Script Assistant.

Selecting a Category

To select a category of Visual Basic language components, click on the desired item in the Category list. The components available in the Script Assistant for the selected category will then be displayed in the Names list to the right of the categories.

Sub-Categories

Sometimes, an individual category of Visual Basic language components is so large that BarTender breaks it up into multiple sub-categories. This is indicated in the Category list by a plus [+] symbol to the left of a category. You can click on the symbol or double-click on the category to "expand" it and display the sub-categories. When expanded, the plus [+] symbol changes to a minus [-]. You can then click on any of the displayed sub-categories to view the list of associated Names. To "collapse" the displayed sub-categories, simply double-click on the main category again or click on the minus symbol.

BarTender Objects

One of the categories, BarTender Objects, contains special BarTender-related objects, properties, and functions that are not built into the Visual Basic Script language itself. Click here for additional help on these objects.

Related Topics

• Using the Script Assistant
• Name

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