< language > (VB) A popular event-driven visual programming system from Microsoft Corporation for Microsoft Windows . VB is good for developing Windows interfaces, it invokes fragments of BASIC code when the user performs certain operations on graphical objects on-screen. It is widely used for in-house application program development and for prototyping. It can also be used to create ActiveX and COM components.
Version 1 was released in 1991 [by Microsoft?].
Current version: 6, as of 1999-11-26.
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(1999-11-26)