Visual Basic is a third generation event-driven programming language. The Microsoft Corporation released Visual Basic in 1987. It was indeed the first visual development tool from Microsoft. Visual Basic was derived from BASIC and enables rapid application development of graphical user interface applications, access to databases using DAO, RDO, or ADO, and creation of ActiveX controls and objects. The language not only allows Visual Basic programmers to create simple GUI applications, but also helps them develop quite complex applications. Visual Basic allows developers to target Windows, Web, and mobile devices.  

{mos_sb_discuss:39}  This video shows you a short introduction of Visual Basic 6.0  

The ADO data control can save Visual Basic developers hours of time. In this article Susan shows us exactly how to go about implementing an ADO control.You might say that the data control is a Visual Basic orphan; some developers refuse to even use it.

{mos_sb_discuss:39}      In this article, Matt shows us how to send emails from a VB Windows application. As CDONTS is for servers, a different approach must be used.Yesterday, I was really unhappy with my computer. The programming at hand was clear and seemed to be a straightforward deal. In the end, it was not so easy.  

{mos_sb_discuss:39} This article shows how to save space by creating a Slide Menu. How to create a Slide Menu Ready - Set - Scroll.

{mos_sb_discuss:39}    You just got that shiny new digital camera, and then you downloaded a bunch of digital pictures to your computer. Next you want to create a simple Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file so that you can burn the picture and HTML files to a CD that you can send to all your friends and family.  How do you do this without having to manually code the HTML file? The following instructions will show you how.  What you will need: Visual Basic 5.0 or higher (screenshots were created using Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional, and may differ slightly with other versions) Microsoft Windows 98 SE or higher

{mos_sb_discuss:39}    Despite claims that computers would create a 'paperless society', printing is still one of the most important functions of an application. It is also one of the most common. Although VB makes it easy to print, it's not one of VB strengths.

{mos_sb_discuss:39}   Although VB.NET is gaining ground fast, VB 6 remains a very popular programming environment. But even if it wasn't as great as it is, if you're new to Visual Basic and you have a copy available, it's still a great place to start learning about programming! The only real problem with using VB 6 is that you really can't buy a copy today. Microsoft just isn't selling them anymore. There's no reason why you can't continue to use VB 6 for as long as you want to however. Microsoft will support the VB 6 environment even on the very latest Vista operating system scheduled to be introduced in 2007.

{mos_sb_discuss:39}  Did you know that you can actually get some pretty advanced features with breakpoints inside of Visual Studio.  Some of these features will determine when the breakpoints are actually hit, some will determine how often the breakpoints are hit, and some will even determine what actually happens when the breakpoint is hit. 

{mos_sb_discuss:39}  GDI+ is the way to draw shapes, fonts, images or generally anything graphic in Visual Basic .NET. You can get the most from this tutorial by starting with Part 1 where the fundamentals of GDI+ are explained.