Microsoft KB Archive/138069

= How to Address the Master Object Called Global =

Article ID: 138069

Article Last Modified on 12/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 32-Bit Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q138069



SUMMARY
The standard Visual Basic Objects like the App object, the Printer Object, the Clipboard Object, the Screen Object, and the Forms Collection Object are all implemented as methods of the master object called Global. There is very seldom a need to use the object Global.



MORE INFORMATION
Because the name of this master object conflicts with the Visual Basic Global keyword, you must enclose it in square brackets when you use it. This object also appears in the Object Browser under the Visual Basic Library. Here's an Example: Dim x As [Global].Forms Debug.print x.Count NOTE: The object Global is special in that it is a VTable only object; in other words, you can't do the following: Dim x As Object Set x = [Global]

Additional query words: 4.00 vb4win vb4all

Keywords: KB138069

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