Visual Basic language keywords and run-time library members are organized by purpose and use.
| Action | Language element |
|---|---|
| Access or create a file. | FileOpen |
| Close files. | FileClose, Reset |
| Control output appearance. | Format, Print, Spc, Tab, FileWidth |
| Copy a file. | FileCopy |
| Get information about a file. | EOF, FileAttr, FileDateTime, FileLen, FreeFile, GetAttr, Loc, LOF, Seek |
| Manage files. | Dir, Kill, Lock, Unlock |
| Read from a file. | FileGet, FileGetObject, Input, InputString, LineInput |
| Return length of a file. | FileLen |
| Set or get file attributes. | FileAttr, GetAttr, SetAttr |
| Set read-write position in a file. | Seek |
| Write to a file. | FilePut, FilePutObject, Print, Write |
Keywords and Members by Task | Visual Basic Language Keywords | Visual Basic Run-Time Library Members