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Originally posted by fluffy_lobster
Don't forget, all microsoft office products have built-in visual basic sdk too

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not realy, a SDK is something else. What is included in MS Office products is VBA (or Visual Basic for Applications).

Visual Basic for Applications is an implementation of Microsoft's Visual Basic which is built into all Microsoft Office applications, some other Microsoft applications such as Visio and is at least partially implemented in some other applications such as AutoCAD and WordPerfect. It supersedes and expands on the capabilities of earlier application-specific macro programming languages such as Word's WordBasic, and can be used to control almost all aspects of the host application, including manipulating user interface features such as menus and toolbars and working with custom user forms or dialog boxes.

As its name suggests, VBA is closely related to Visual Basic, but can normally only run code from within a host application rather than as a standalone application. It can however be used to control one application from another (for example automatically creating a Word report from Excel data).

VBA is functionally rich and extremely flexible but it does have some important limitations, including limited support for callback functions.

In other words, VBA is very closely related to Visual Basic, but yet it is different enough to be another kind of programming language.



taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_for_Applications (why trying to explain what it is when wikipedia explains it all )

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Also, if you mention VBA, then don't forget there is another variant of this in the form of a scripting language. This also comes with Windows, it is called VBScript, and .... (blah, again go to wikipedia for the description : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBScript_programming_language)

how much is the visual basic program to buy ruffly...i think thats wat noname22 ment + id like to no, if it above 60 aint gonna bover

depends on what you want.
Firstly, which version? VB5.0, VB6.0, VB .NET?
Second, which edition? Learning, Standard, Professional, Enterprise? (eg: comparisson for VB6, VB5)
Third, which license? Retail, Student, etc...?
Fourth, ....

Last: where are you gonna buy it, prices vary a lot from (online) store to (online) store...



in any case, it is always well above $60 US.
to get an idea:
http://www.bizrate.com/marketplace/search/search_...d_id--5294986.html

hmmm, thanks,, ment 60 quid, lol, but still WELLLL over my budget if i added all da uva cash i got, lol.. unless im readin $1,159 wrong, lol...thanks neway

STOP!!! Don't buy it!!!

Try this: http://www.aspnetwebcasts.com/Default.aspx
and you can get the copy of Visual Basic .NET free

I don't know if this is for real or not.
I tried to attend the webcasts, but I always missed it

1) only available for US and Canadian viewers.
2) offer only valid until November 30th.