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Visual Basic is a high level programming language that has evolved from the DOS based programming language called BASIC (Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). It is a very easy programming language to learn and use and the code is very similar to the English language.

It is a programming language that is composed of many subprograms that can execute either independently or linked together at the same time. Visual Basic is an event driven program language that has some of the features of an object-oriented programming language, but not all of the features of an object-oriented programming language.

The most common version of Visual Basic is 6.x developed by Microsoft and is a very graphical user interface that makes developing programs very easy. To start programming in Visual Basic you will need what is a Microsoft VB compiler. When you start to develop a program in Visual Basic it is called Project and this Project is the collection of files that make up your entire program. One of the most common programs to start is called a Standard EXE (executable) program and it is easy to start in the Visual Basic programming environment by simply double-clicking on the Standard EXE icon.

Once this is started you will see a series of other windows appear that you can select from. These windows include the Blank Form, Project, and Properties windows. A Toolbox is also included to provide easy access to create objects such as buttons, text and forms. The Toolbox makes it easy for programmers to simply click, drag and drop into their program interface.

With knowledge and practice within visual basic a programmer can learn to easily build user interfaces, controls and other GUI components. A programmer will also know how to debug a program and use other tools at their disposal in what is called the Visual Studio. The Visual Studio provides an excellent set of tools for helping to program in Visual Basic 6.x.

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Windows Vista will not support older versions of Visual Studio, a move that will require many developers writing applications for the forthcoming operating system to upgrade to Visual Studio 2005, a Microsoft executive said Tuesday.

Developers writing Vista-compatible applications will be unable to use Visual Studio 2002 or Visual Studio 2003 if those are running on top of the new operating system, wrote S. Somasegar, vice president of Microsoft's developer division, in a blog entry.

The requirement was included as part of announcement of Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2005, which was released Tuesday on the Microsoft Connect Web site for developers.

Microsoft is making the move to accommodate major changes in the way Vista works, said Jay Roxe, group product manager for visual studio. New features such as Windows Presentation Foundation and Aero and Glass take such a vastly different approach from previous operating systems that they wouldn't be well served by older development programs.

"You need the new tools to take advantage of the new features," Roxe said in an interview. Developers may still write Vista software using older versions of Visual Studio as long as they are running on Windows XP, he said.

Somasegar's blog entry also told developers who run SP1 on Vista to expect "compatibility issues." Roxe said incompatibilities include the inability in most cases to register com components, requiring the use of a command line. To work around other problems, developers may need to run SP1 on a Windows XP, he said.

Microsoft plans to offer a Visual Studio update fixing the short comings after Vista is released to consumers, Roxe said.