Programming with Visual Basic: Visual Basic Quickstart Handbook

Microsoft Visual Basic is a powerful software development system for creating applications that run on the Windows operating system. With Visual Basic, you can do the following:
- Create applications with graphical windows, dialog boxes, and menus
- Create applications that work with databases
- Create Web applications and applications that use Internet technologies
- Create applications that display graphics
Visual Basic, commonly called VB, is a favorite tool among professional programmers. It provides tools to visually design an application's appearance, a modern programming language, and access the latest Microsoft technologies. Powerful applications can be created with Visual Basic in a relatively short period.