How to Address the Master Object Called Global (138069)

The information in this article applies to:

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

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.

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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]

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/9/2003
Keywords:	KB138069