Resolved: reference problem and using left function

[J@b@r]

Hello,

When I use the left("mystring",5) function in vb.net I have to call for the function by using following code.

strMyResult = microsoft.visualbasic.left("mystring",5)

Is it possible to reference tot the microsoft.visualbasic namespace?
That way I would only have to write :
strMyResult = left("mystring",5)

I tried doing so with the statement
imports microsoft.visualbasic, but that didn't work.

Then I tried to find the reference by adding a reference, but I could not find the reference to microsoft.visualbasic.

The only reference I found was microsft.visualbasic.vsa.

Anyone know a sollution?
Greets,
J@B@r