Alternatives: Visual Basic

• Microsoft product for rapid GUIdevelopment:

  • Drag and drop widgets.
  • Fill in property sheets.
  • Write behaviors in Basic.

• Rich library of extensions (VBX's):

  • Written by experts in C/C++.
  • Can be scripted in Basic.

• 2 languages provide best of all worlds.

• Microsoft using as a universal scriptinglanguage (VBA).

• Likely to be Microsoft's candidate for agents.

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