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A third generation event- driven programming language and integrated development environment
VISUAL BASIC
BASIC stand for?
Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
First released in 1991,
The language itself was not quiet compatible with Visual Basic for Windows, as it was actually the next version of Microsoft’s DOS-based basic compilers, QuickBasic and BASIC Professional Development System
VB 1.0
ASCII stand for?
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
a 7-bit character set containing 128 characters. It contains the numbers from 0-9
ASCII CODES
The programming environment was easier to use, and its speed was improved
VISUAL BASIC 2.0
Came in Standard and Professional versions, VB3 included version 1.1 of the Microsoft Jet Database Engine that could read and write Jet (or Access) 1.x databases.
VISUAL BASIC 3.0
the first version that could create 32 bit as well as 16-bit Windows program.
VISUAL BASIC 4.0
what are the 3 editions of VB 4.0?
Standard, Professional and Enterprise.
also introduced the ability to create custom user controls, as well as the ability to compile to native Windows executable code and speeding up calculation- intensive code execut A free, downloadable Control Creation Edition was also released for creation of ActiveX controls.
VISUAL BASIC 5.0
This program was created by Alan Cooper . He combined a visual part of it to the EB (embedded) program which he then named it’s somewhat after the original with his visual part being the name. It enables the RAD of GUI applications to get into the databases.
VISUAL BASIC 6.0
collection of files that make up your application to create
project
This also known as standard executable program, is used to create a standardize application that will run on any Microsoft Windows PC.
standard EXE
important part of visual basic where you put together your application ,
Place where you’ll spend much of your time when you’re creating application.
Also called integrated
Visual Basic Workspace
How many window in VB workspace ?
six windows
indicates the project name, the current Visual Basic operating mode, and the current form.
title bar
has drop-down menus from which you control the operation of the Visual basic environment
menu bar
has buttons that provide shortcuts to some of the menu options
toolbar
Found in the Left side of the menus.
you work with the actual files that make up your applications. You can create, open, print and save projects.
The File Menu
Next to file menu
you can perform the standard Clipboard Option such as cut, copy, paste. Redo and undo. You can use the “find” to search for text in the entire project.
The Edit Menu
Next to file menu
you can perform the standard Clipboard Option such as cut, copy, paste. Redo and undo. You can use the “find” to search for text in the entire project.
The View Menu