Visual BASIC
VB
<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?].
Latest version: 6, as of 1999-11-26.
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/).
History (http://iessoft.com/scripts/vbhistry.asp).
Strollo Software (http://op.net/~jstrollo/vblinks.html).
Books
(http://wrox.com/Consumer/Default.asp?Category=Visual+Basic).
(1999-11-26)