HOWTO: Search for Visual Basic Articles Using KBKeywords

• Standard, Professional and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

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
      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

KB-wide Keywords

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