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Good morning to everyone,
I am not an expert and would like to ask for an information I haven't
found clearly on the site.
What is the difference between VBA, Visual Basic for Applications,
Visual Basic 2005, Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic Net?
What is the latest "Free-version" of Visual Basic?
Thanks and apologies for the questions which might look silly to most
of you.
Gigi
 
Gigi said:
Good morning to everyone,
I am not an expert and would like to ask for an information I haven't
found clearly on the site.
What is the difference between VBA, Visual Basic for Applications,
Visual Basic 2005, Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic Net?
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I try to put it simple:

- "Classic" VB:
Includes VBA (=Visual Basic for Applications) and VB6.
While VB6 (from 1998) is a standalone multipurpose programming language, VBA is
integrated into products like Access, Excel etc.

- VB.Net (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008):
Is based on the .Net Framework and has been completely redesigned.
The characteristic VB language keywords have been kept while many
key concepts have been changed and/or improved.


Projects written in VB6 (and before) are not compatible with VB.Net.
They have to be rewritten or can be automatically upgraded - more or
less partially only - by an upgrade wizard included in VB.Net.


This group is about VB.Net ("dotnet") only. The groups about
classic VB are named microsoft.public.vb.*
What is the latest "Free-version" of Visual Basic?
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VB 2008 Express.

http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/default.aspx
 
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