Visual BASIC
     
         (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.
     
        Home (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/).
        History (http://www.iessoft.com/scripts/vbhistry.asp).
        Strollo Software (http://www.op.net/~jstrollo/vblinks.html).
        Books
        (http://www.wrox.com/Consumer/Default.asp?Category=Visual+Basic).
     
        (1999-11-26)