Visual BASIC
<language> (VB) A popular
event-driven visual programming system from
Microsoft Corporation for
Microsoft Windows. VB is good for developing Windows interfaces, it invokes fragments of
BASIC code when the user performs certain operations on graphical objects on-screen.
It is widely used for in-house
application program development and for prototyping.
It can also be used to create
ActiveX and
COM components.
Version 1 was released in 1991 [by Microsoft?].
Current version: 6, as of 1999-11-26.
Home (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/). History (http://www.iessoft.com/scripts/vbhistry.asp). Strollo Software (http://www.op.net/~jstrollo/vblinks.html). Books (http://www.wrox.com/Consumer/Default.asp?Category=Visual+Basic).
