What does “$” mean before a number in Delphi?

Question

I\'m trying to convert Delphi code to vb.net and I\'m not sure about this line:

stream.Seek($42, soFromBeginning);

I\'m familiar with using

Answer 1

$ is the prefix for a hexadecimal constant. In VB.NET, that's &H, so you would write &H42.