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visual basic (VB)

Visual Basic (VB) is a highly developed version of Basic that has little in common with the classic programming language Basic. Although various commands and functions can be traced back to the classic Basic, Visual Basic is an independent programming language due to the many new functions and commands adapted to Windows.

Visual Basic, a 4th generation programming language, 4GL, was developed by Microsoft for use on personalcomputers(PCs) with graphical user interfaces under Windows. Visual Basic can be used to create dialog-oriented programs using a mask generator and predefined libraries. The programs are not created by writing program codes, but by individual prefabricated program elements which are combined in Visual Basic to form a runnable program.

Visual Basic works event-driven, whereby the program steps are triggered by events, for example by a keystroke; they are not processed line-by-line like other programs. The various versions of Visual Basic range up to the Visual Basic .Net version, which is object-oriented and includes inheritance.

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Englisch: visual basic - VB
Updated at: 27.09.2006
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Links: programming language (PL), 4th generation language (4GL), user, dialog, mask
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