Vote on this feature request if you want to be able to use keywords in variables
At the moment keywords are reserved, which means that you cannot use them as names for programming elements such as variables or procedures. These include image names that you define in validation on image.
Keyword | Keyword | Keyword | Keyword |
|---|---|---|---|
| AddHandler | AddressOf | Alias | And |
| AndAlso | As | Boolean | ByRef |
| Byte | ByVal | Call | Case |
| Catch | CBool | CByte | CChar |
| CDate | CDbl | CDec | Char |
| CInt | Class Constraint | Class Statement | CLng |
| CObj | Const | Continue | CSByte |
| CShort | CSng | CStr | CType |
| CUInt | CULng | CUShort | Date |
| Decimal | Declare | Default | Delegate |
| Dim | DirectCast | Do | Double |
| Each | Else | ElseIf | End Statement |
| End | EndIf | Enum | Erase |
| Error | Event | Exit | FALSE |
| Finally | For (in For…Next) | For Each…Next | Friend |
| Function | Get | GetType | GetXMLNamespace |
| Global | GoSub | GoTo | Handles |
| If | If() | Implements | Implements Statement |
| Imports (.NET Namespace and Type) | Imports (XML Namespace) | In | In (Generic Modifier) |
| Inherits | Integer | Interface | Is |
| IsNot | Let | Lib | Like |
| Long | Loop | Me | Mod |
| Module | Module Statement | MustInherit | MustOverride |
| MyBase | MyClass | Namespace | Narrowing |
| New Constraint | New Operator | Next | Next (in Resume) |
| Not | Nothing | NotInheritable | NotOverridable |
| Object | Of | On | Operator |
| Option | Optional | Or | OrElse |
| Out (Generic Modifier) | Overloads | Overridable | Overrides |
| ParamArray | Partial | Private | Property |
| Protected | Public | RaiseEvent | ReadOnly |
| ReDim | REM | RemoveHandler | Resume |
| Return | SByte | Select | Set |
| Shadows | Shared | Short | Single |
| Static | Step | Stop | String |
| Structure Constraint | Structure Statement | Sub | SyncLock |
| Then | Throw | To | TRUE |
| Try | TryCast | TypeOf…Is | UInteger |
| ULong | UShort | Using | Variant |
| Wend | When | While | Widening |
| With | WithEvents | WriteOnly | Xor |
| #Const | #Else | #ElseIf | #End |
| #If | = | & | &= |
| * | *= | / | /= |
| \ | \= | ^ | ^= |
| + | += | - | -= |
| >> Operator | >>= Operator | << | <<= |