Visual Basic is a name for a family of programming languages from Microsoft. It may refer to:
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Visual Basic (.NET), the current version of Visual Basic launched in 2002 which runs on .NET
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Visual Basic (classic)
Visual Basic (VB), sometimes referred to as Classic Visual Basic, is a third-generation programming language, third-generation programming language based on BASIC, as well as an associated integrated development environment (IDE). Visual Basic ...
, the original Visual Basic supported from 1991 to 2008
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Embedded Visual Basic, the classic version geared toward embedded applications
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Visual Basic for Applications
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic 6.0 built into most desktop Microsoft Office applications. Although based on pre-.NET Visual Basic, which is no ...
, an implementation of Visual Basic 6 built into programs such as Microsoft Office and used for writing macros
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VBScript, an Active Scripting language based on VB6, actively maintained from 1996–2023
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