ABOUT VISUAL BASIC

A simple, fast, easy, yet powerful language...

    Visual Basic is a programming language that is based on the language "BASIC" (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). Instead of merely typing in commands like most programming languages, you actually design the GUI (Graphical User Interface) first, meaning you are able start out with a blank form and you add things on like buttons, text boxes, pictures, check boxes, menus, etc. After you design the GUI, you can click on an item, customize it's properties, tell it to perform a function and when to do it (if the button is clicked, double-clicked, mouse moved over it, etc.).

    Although it's a great programming language, Visual Basic has to have SOME kind of a downfall. One of the major problems with Visual Basic is that to run a Visual Basic file, you have to have the Visual Basic runtime files. This can be very inconvenient if you want to distribute your programs to people who don't have Visual Basic. Another disadvantage to Visual Basic is that you can't multitask. That means that Visual Basic can only do one operation at a time. With Visual Basic, you use can ActiveX controls that you can get from the core files, or download some online, or even create your own. It's all up to you. One thing about Visual Basic is Windows API. This is a great thing about Visual Basic that allows you to connect to other things in Windows, like the desktop, winsock, etc.