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Q138069: How to Address the Master Object Called Global

Article: Q138069
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
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Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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

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Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVB16bitSearch

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