I need something very simple... i need to be able to display/print out what the
ranges are for int, short int, long int, float , and double? How can i do this
in a simple vb  program?

For Integer and Long you can do:
Dim ISize As Integer
Dim LSize As Long
ISize = LenB(ISize) ' get # bytes in an Integer
LSize = LenB(LSize) ' get # bytes in a Long
MsgBox "Integer: " & CStr(-(2 ^ (8 * ISize))) & " to " & CStr(2 ^ (8 *
ISize) - 1) & vbNewLine & _
  "Long: " & CStr(-(2 ^ (8 * LSize))) & " to " & CStr(2 ^ (8 * LSize) - 1)

I'm not sure offhand how to determine the values for floating point values.