MaxBasic Statements

Scripts consist of a series of statements. They start by executing the first statement in the script and then proceed to the last. Statements provide the building blocks that allow programs to be created (for example, assignment, branching, or looping). Multiple statements can be placed on a single line by separating with the colon (:) character. A statement must be contained in one line (except specific multi-line statements such as IF...THEN...ELSE, documented below).

Statement	Description
AddressOf	Returns reference to a subroutine or function. Used to assign event handlers to events.
Assignment	Assigns the value of an expression to a variable or a (writeable) object property.
Call	Call a subroutine or function.
Const	Declare a constant value.
Dim	Declares variables and allocates storage space.
Do...Loop	Repeats a block of statements while a condition is True or until a condition becomes True.
Erase	Used to release array variables and de-allocate the memory used for their elements.
Error	Raises a program exception of User Error and terminates the active process. This is commonly used in scripting to terminate a script on an error condition.
For...Next	Repeats a group of statements a specified number of times.
Function...End Function	Declares the name, arguments, and code that define a Function procedure.
If...Then...Else If...Else...End If	A compound multi-line statement designed to allow conditional execution of other statements. There is also an abbreviated single line version.
Imports	Imports another script source file into the current script file.
Option Compare	Allows control over how comparisons are performed.
Option Print	Allows control over what happens after every print statement and how strings are delimited.
Option Window PrintReplace statement	Controls how forms created using CreateObject forms are opened.
Print	Outputs the value of an expression to the output stream.
PrintReplace	Replaces the last line in the output stream with the value of an expression.
Public	Declares global variables and allocates storage space.
ReDim	Used to size or resize a dynamic array formally declared using a Dim statement.
Rem	Used for adding comments (or remarks) that are not executed by MaxBasic.
Return	Returns control to the code that called a Sub or Function procedure.
Select Case	Executes one of several groups of statements, depending on the value of an expression.
Sub...End Sub	Declares the name, arguments, and code that define a Sub procedure.
Throw	Use to re-throw caught exceptions, the re-throws retain the original message and source path.
Try...Catch...Finally...End Try	A compound multi-line statement designed to allow exception handling for block of statements.