Right click the 'VB6.EXE' and click Properties.Ĥ. Download and extract the VB98 folder to 'C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio'.Ģ.

NOTE: If you are using Windows 7, please read the instructions below:ġ. Microsoft's extended support ended in March 2008 and the designated successor was Visual Basic. Programs written in Visual Basic can also use the Windows API, but doing so requires external function declarations. Scripting languages such as VBA and VBScript are syntactically similar to Visual Basic, but perform differently.Ī programmer can put together an application using the components provided with Visual Basic itself. Visual Basic was derived from BASIC and enables the rapid application development (RAD) of graphical user interface (GUI) applications, access to databases using Data Access Objects, Remote Data Objects, or ActiveX Data Objects, and creation of ActiveX controls and objects. VB is also considered a relatively easy to learn and use programming language, because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. Visual Basic (VB) is the third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft for its COM programming model.

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