Microsoft Visual Basic version 5.0 is the programming system for Windows that grows with your needs and experience. Find out
how to create everything from simple programs to advanced, enterprise-wide client/server applications, and take advantage of
the latest three-tier capabilities.

What's new in Visual Basic 5.0?

Top 10 New Features

1. Native Code

Professional and Enterprise Editions — Compile a Visual Basic project to native code for faster execution. Profiles native code using new native code compiler options, and debug native code using the Visual C++ environment.

2. Create Your Own ActiveX Controls

Professional and Enterprise Editions — Combine existing controls, or create your own from scratch. ActiveX controls created with Visual Basic have events, data binding support, licensing support, property pages, Internet features, and more.

3. Multiple Projects

All Editions — Open multiple projects in the same instance of Visual Basic. Useful for debugging ActiveX controls.

4. Create ActiveX Documents

Professional and Enterprise Editions — As easy and intuitive as designing traditional Visual Basic applications, ActiveX documents boost your Visual
Basic application to the Internet and Intranet browser windows.

5. MDI/SDI/Explorer-Style Interface Options

All Editions — Ability to do single, multiple, or Microsoft Explorer-style document interface applications.

6. Wizards

All Editions — In the Learning Edition, the Application Wizard is new and the Setup Wizard has been enhanced to enable creating a dependency file for a standard project.

7. Professional and Enterprise Editions

In the Professional Edition, the ActiveX Control Interface Wizard, ActiveX Document Migration Wizard, Data Form Wizard, and PropertyPage Wizard are new. The Setup Wizard has been enhanced to support distribution via the Internet; the installation of remote server components using Distributed COM (DCOM) and Remote Automation; and the ability to create dependency files for projects and components created with Visual Basic. The Professional Edition also comes with the Wizard Toolbar and the Wizard Manager.

8. Extensibility Model

Professional and Enterprise Editions — The new model allows you to programmatically extend the development environment and control projects,
events, code, and visual elements.

9. Declare, Raise, and Handle Your Own Events

All Editions — Objects provided by your components can raise events that can be handled in other applications. You can handle events raised by other applications, or by your own objects, using WithEvents variables. Events provide a simple alternative to asynchronous call-backs.

10. Code Editor Enhancements

All Editions — Block and Unblock Comments adds and removes the comment character for each line of a selected block of text. List Properties/Methods presents a drop-down list of properties available for that control. Auto Quick Info displays the syntax for statements and functions. Margin indicators mark breakpoints and the current statement, and the Next Statement indicator is draggable. New Procedure View and Full Module View buttons make it easy to show either the selected procedure or the entire code in a module. Drag and drop from the code window to the Watch window. Instant Watch in Debug mode allows you to get current values as tooltips.

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      Created on 24th August 1998. Last revised on 5th October 1998.

 Creator : Daniel Chua