HOWTO: VB3: Search for Visual Basic Articles Using KBKeywords

- Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, versions 2.0, 3.0

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Knowledge Base is categorized by using keywords. This article lists the keywords specific to articles in the Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows collection.

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Microsoft Visual Basic Major and Minor KBKeywords

Each Knowledge Base article in the Visual Basic collection contains at least one product-specific keyword (called a KBKeyword) that places the article in an appropriate Visual Basic category. Each KBKeyword is composed of the concatenation of a major topic keyword and a minor topic keyword. For example, you can find all the general database programming articles by using the APrgDataOther keyword to query the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Use the asterisk (*) wildcard to find articles that fall into the general categories or into an intermediate subcategory. For example, to find all the articles that apply to Visual Basic Forms and Controls regardless of whether they are standard, custom, or third-party controls, use PrgCtrls* as the keyword to query the Microsoft Knowledge Base. To find all advanced programming articles, query on APrg*. An article usually has only one KBKeyword, but it may have more.

Here are the topics and the corresponding KBKeywords. The minor topics are in the indented list under each major topic.

   Major Topic
      Minor Topic                                   KBKeyword
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Setup / Installation                              Setins

   Environment-specific Issues                       Envt*
      VB Design Environment                          EnvtDes
      Run-Time Environment                           EnvtRun

   Programming                                       Prg*
      Visual Basic Forms and Controls                PrgCtrls*
            Standard Controls / Forms                PrgCtrlsStd
            Custom Controls                          PrgCtrlsCus
            Third-Party Controls                     PrgCtrlsThird

      Optimization                                   PrgOpt*
            Memory Management                        PrgOptMemMgt
            General Optimization Tips                PrgOptTips

      General VB Programming                         PrgOther

   Advanced programming                              APrg*
      Network                                        APrgNet

      Windows Programming (APIs / DLLs)
            Printing                                 APrgPrint
            Graphics                                 APrgGrap
            Windowing                                APrgWindow
            INI Files                                APrgINI
            Other API / DLL Programming              APrgOther

      Data Access                                    APrgData*
            ODBC                                     APrgDataODBC
            IISAM                                    APrgDataIISAM
            Access                                   APrgDataAcc
            General Database Programming             APrgDataOther

      3rd Party DLLs                                 APrgThirdDLL

   Inter-Application Programmability                 IAP*
      OLE                                            IAPOLE
      DDE                                            IAPDDE
      3rd Party Interoperability                     IAPThird
      Visual Basic for Applications                  IAPVBA

   Tools                                             Tls*
      Setup Toolkit / Wizard                         TlsSetWiz
      Control Development Kit (CDK)                  TlsCDK
      Help Compiler (HC)                             TlsHC

   References                                        Refs*
      Documentation / Help File Fixes                RefsDoc
      Product Information                            RefsProd
      Third-Party Information                        RefsThird
      Microsoft Technical Support-Only Information   RefsPSS

Product-Specific Keywords

You can use the KBKeywords to organize Visual Basic articles or to search for specific groups of Visual Basic articles. For information about KBKeywords for other Microsoft developer products, please query the Microsoft Knowledge Base using these keywords:

   dskbguide and kbkeyword

Each article in the Visual Basic collection also contains at least one generic, KB-wide keyword. The KB-wide keywords are standard throughout the Microsoft Knowledge Base, appearing in all Knowledge Base articles, regardless of product. You can use the KB-wide keywords to organize all Knowledge Base articles or to search for articles across several Microsoft products. For more information about these KB-wide keywords, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q94671
   TITLE     : Categories and Keywords for All Knowledge Base Articles