It was also used as an introductory form of Visual Basic: a regular. A free, downloadable Control Creation Edition was also released for creation of ActiveX controls. April 1997 Visual Basic 5 Debuts Incorporates compiler, WithEvents, and the ability to create ActiveX controls.
Was the first version that could created 32 bit as well as 16-bit Windows programs.
October 1996 Visual Basic 4 Debuts Permits you to create your own add-ins. Visual Basic 3 included version 1.1 of the Microsoft Jet DatabaseEngine that could read and write Jet (or Access) 1.x databases.
It came in both Standard and Professional versions. June 1993 Visual Basic 3 Debuts Integrates the Access Engine (Jet), OLE Automation and reporting. The programming environment was easier to use, and its speed was improved. First version to feature the Professional Edition. November 1992 Visual Basic 2 Debuts Adds ODBC Level 1 support, MDI forms, and object variables. Figure this one out :) The language itself was not quite compatible with Visual Basic for Windows, as it was actually the next version of Microsoft's DOS-based BASIC compilers, QuickBASIC and BASIC Professional Development System. September 1992 Visual Basic 1.0 for DOS is released.
It provided instrumental in helping VB's third party market achieve critical mass. March 1992 Visual Basic 2.0 Toolkit (Rawhide) Released This toolkit integrated several third-party tools into a single package, putting controls in the hands of many VB developers for the first time. Features include a drag and drop control toolbox, codeless UI creation, and an eventoriented programming model. The result is the first tool that lets you create Windows apps quickly, easily, and visually.
MaVisual Basic 1.0 Debuts at Windows World Microsoft marries QuickBasic to Ruby shell app and gives it a new code name: Thunder. The Tool includes a widget control box, the ability to add widgets dynamically, and a small language engine. Microsoft negotiates to buy the concept, now code-named Ruby. Visual Basic Introduction and History Evolution of Visual BasicĪlan Cooper, the 'father' of Visual Basic, shows a drag-and-drop shell prototype called Tripod to Bill Gates. Visual Basic can used in a number of different areas, for example: Education, Engineering, Research, Medicine, Business, Commerce, Marketing and Sales, Accounting, Consulting, Law, Science Microsoft decided to combine Ruby with the Basic language to create Visual Basic. Tripod did not include a programming language at all. Microsoft contracted with Cooper and his associates to develop Tripod into a programmable form system for Windows 3.0, under the code name Ruby.
The drag and drop design for creating the user interface is derived from a prototype form generator developed by Alan Cooper and his company called Tripod.
In 1987, then Director of Applications Software for Coactive Computing Corporation wrote a program called Ruby that delivered visual programming to the average programmer/user. History of Visual Basic Alan Cooper is considered the father of Visual Basic. Therefore, a VB Program is made up of many subprograms, each has its own program code, and each can be executed independently and at the same time each can be linked together in one way or another. On the other hand, because the user may click on certain object randomly, so each object has to be programmed independently to be able to response to those actions (events).
However, In VB, you just need to drag and drop any graphical object anywhere on the form, and you can change its color any time using the properties windows. In the old BASIC, you have to write program code for each graphical object you wish to display it on screen, including its position and its color. In VB, programming is done in a graphical environment. In BASIC, programming is done in a text-only environment and the program is executed sequentially. These are the main divergence from the old BASIC. VISUAL BASIC is a VISUAL and events driven Programming Language. It is more powerful than VB6 but looks more complicated to master. We also have VB.net, VB2005, VB2008 and the latest VB2010, which is a fully object oriented programming (OOP) language. Now, there are many versions of VB exist in the market, the most popular one and still widely used by many VB programmers is none other than Visual Basic 6. However, people prefer to use Microsoft Visual Basic today, as it is a well developed programming language and supporting resources are available everywhere. Different software companies produced different versions of BASIC, such as Microsoft QBASIC, QUICKBASIC, GWBASIC ,IBM BASICA and so on. The code look a lot like English Language. It is a very easy programming language to learn. Visual Basic Introduction and History What is Visual Basic? VISUAL BASIC is a high level programming language which evolved from the earlier DOS version called BASIC.BASIC means Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.