GW-BASIC User's Guide The Glossary defines words and phrases commonly used in GW-BASIC and data processing. 1.5 Bibliography This manual is a guide to the use of the GW-BASIC Interpreter: it makes no attempt to teach the BASIC programming language. The following texts may be useful for those who wish to learn BASIC programming. Similar to the use of any language which is not limited to books and magazines only, the Basic programming language is not closely related to any special type of computer, processor or operating system. It is a general-purpose language. This fact can make some problems as the Basic language slightly. Because the programming language is directly accessible anywhere in MARS, you can perform a number of database management functions without invoking the data step of another program. The BASIC transformation language allows you to modify your input files on the fly while you are in an analysis module. H Visual Basic is not, anything like any other programming language you have ever used. When You Program in VB: H You draw pictures of your user interface. H You draw buttons, text boxes, and other user-interface items. H You add little snippets of code to handle the user interaction. BASIC was traditionally one of the most commonly used computer programming languages, considered an easy step for students to learn before more powerful languages such as FORTRAN. Until very recently, BASIC (in the form of Visual BASIC and Visual BASIC.NET) was the most widely known computer language among developers.
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- Provides information to help you understand Visual Basic programming.
- Provides information about UserForms and controls, and how to program with them by using Visual Basic.
- Describes useful common procedures (for example, how to use the Object Browser or how to set Visual Basic Environment options).
- Provides documentation about Visual Basic the language: all its methods, properties, statements, functions, operators, and objects.
- Provides a glossary of definitions to help you understand concepts presented in this documentation.
- Describes how to customize the Visual Basic editor, and provides documentation for the object model that enables you to extend the environment.
- Describes user interface elements of the Visual Basic Editor, such as menus and commands, dialog boxes, windows, and toolbars. The error messages section contains common causes and solutions for any issues you may be having.
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Visual Basic Programming Language
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