Important Notice

The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software, purely for historical purposes. If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

■ Welcome to Visual Basic for MS-DOS. This screen displays
  information about your copy of Visual Basic, including:
    • Version number         • Copyright notice
    • Licensing information  • Serial number
 
■ To get started, press Shift+F1 from the programming
  environment to open the Help window. Visual Basic provides
  help on the following language elements:
    • Commands       • Dialog boxes         • Events
    • Functions      • Keywords             • Menus
    • Methods        • Objects              • Operators
    • Properties     • Reference topics     • Statements
 
 ■ The easiest way to get help is to:
     • Place the cursor on the item
     • Press F1 (or click the right mouse button)
     Note: This type of help access is referred to as
           "context sensitive."