Visual Basic is a graphical programming language developed by Microsoft in 1992. It allows developers to create graphical user interface (GUI) applications for Windows. Visual Basic has two main components - controls like buttons and text boxes that represent the visual interface, and a programming language based on BASIC to add functionality to the interface. It is an easy and visual language that supports drag-and-drop interface building, event-driven programming, and rapid application development.

1. Graphical Programming
Visual Basic
Visual Programming

2. Visual Basic:
• It was developed in 1992 by a Microsoft company.
• VB is a tool that allows you to develop windows(GUI-Graphical user
Interface) applications.
• VB consists of two parts:
Visual Part: This part refers to the method used to create GUI.
Basic Part : This part refers to the basic language. VB is the much-enhanced
versions of the Basic programming language. VB contains large numbers of
statements, built in function and keywords, many of which related directly
to the windows GUI.
• VB is an object-oriented programming development system for creating
applications for Microsoft windows.

3. VB
• VB has two components:
An extensive collection of prewritten tools called controls in the form
of icons. Some example of controls are command buttons, textboxes ,
option buttons , check boxes etc.
A complete set of program commands, drived from basic
programming language.

4. VB
• Microsoft visual programming is a computer programming language used
to create programs or application for Microsoft windows operating system.
• It is very easy language to create effective application.
• Visual basics provide many tools that help the programmer to develop
programs easily and quickly.
• Visual basic is an event driven programming language.
• It can be used to write programs that respond to different events such as
pressing a button or clicking the mouse etc.
• It can be used to build the graphical user interface by dragging and
dropping different objects like buttons and textboxes.

5. Object related concepts in VB
• The objects related concepts in VB are:
a) Forms:
In VB, a window is called a form. All application in VB used at least one
form. You can place various controls on the form. Each forms contain a
title bar.

6. Continue:
• Controls:
The icons with which the user interacts are called controls. Checkboxes
, textboxes are commands.
• Objects
Forms and controls are referred to collectively as objects.
• Properties:
A property is a characteristics of an objects such as its size, its caption
or its color etc. size , color are properties

7. Features of VB:
Features of visual basics are:
• Easy to learn and use : The syntaxes of VB commands are so simple that you can use the
commands very easily. It is useful for most general-purpose programming problems.
• Build in capability to create User Interface : VB has built in capability to create the user
interface. You can create the user interface by using the tools available with VB.
• Quick Development : As VB has a built-in capability to design the user interface so
obviously the programming time is reduced as compared to other command line
programming languages.
• Event driven Programming: VB supports event driven programming.
• Common Programming Platform: It provides a common programming platform across all
MS-Office applications.
• Wizards: It also provides many wizards that can automate tasks are even automate
coding.

8. Visual Basic Integrated Development
Environment(IDE)
• Once you start VB, several different items appear on your screen.
Together these items represent the VB IDE.