Classic Visual Basic

Legacy programming language by Microsoft

Softwareprogramming language event-driven programming language procedural programming languageQ2378

Also known as VB · Visual Basic

Developer: Microsoft
Founded: 1991
Website: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-basic-6/visual-basic-6.0-documentation

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Visual Basic (VB), sometimes referred to as Classic Visual Basic or as VB6, is a third-generation programming language based on BASIC, as well as an associated integrated development environment (IDE). Visual Basic was developed by Microsoft for Windows, and is known for supporting rapid application development (RAD) of graphical user interface (GUI) applications, event-driven programming, and both consumption and development of components via the Component Object Model (COM) technology.

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