VB
       Visual BASIC (MS, BASIC, VB)

	

	Visual BASIC
VB

    (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?].

   Latest version: 6, as of 1999-11-26.

   (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/).
   History (http://iessoft.com/scripts/vbhistry.asp).
   Strollo Software (http://op.net/~jstrollo/vblinks.html).
   Books
   (http://wrox.com/Consumer/Default.asp?Category=Visual+Basic).

   (1999-11-26)