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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET" title="Visual Basic .NET – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Visual Basic .NET" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET" title="Visual Basic .NET – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Visual Basic .NET" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET" title="Visual Basic .NET – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Visual Basic .NET" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" 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Basic .NET – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Visual Basic .NET" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET" title="Visual Basic .NET – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Visual Basic .NET" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET" title="Visual Basic .NET – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="Visual Basic .NET" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a 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It is sometimes shortened to <i><b>VB.NET</b></i>. It is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and it includes an easy 'drag-and-drop' interface. 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It includes all the items needed to run the VB.NET applications that have been made. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions">Editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Editions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Editions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Basic was first released in <a href="/wiki/May" title="May">May</a> <a href="/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>. Many versions have been released since then. These are listed below: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Operating_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Operating System">Operating System</a></th> <th>Date Released </th></tr> <tr> <th>Visual Basic .NET </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Visual Basic .NET 2003 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Visual Basic 2005 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Visual Basic 2005 Studio </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Visual Basic 2008 Studio </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Visual Basic 2010 Studio </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_Basic_2010_Express_Edition">Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a free version of Visual Basic 2010 released officially from <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>. It is aimed at encouraging more <a href="/wiki/Newbie" title="Newbie">newbie</a> programmers to try the series. The program can be downloaded from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft's Website</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controls">Controls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Controls" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Controls"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Basic .NET uses many controls which can be added to the forms or windows in the <a href="/wiki/Computer_program" title="Computer program">application</a>. Other developers can create controls for applications, not just the ones that Microsoft include. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Examples" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Examples"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following example makes a program window pop up that says "<a href="/wiki/Hello_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Hello World">Hello World</a>" and has a button that says "OK" used to close the window: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbnet mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="k">Public</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Sub</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">button1_Click</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">ByVal</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sender</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">System</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Object</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">ByVal</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">e</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">As</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">System</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">EventArgs</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Handles</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">button1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Click</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MsgBox</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"Hello World"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Sub</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Other websites" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Other websites"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vb.net-informations.com">VB.NET Step by Step Tutorial</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/vstudio/default.aspx">Visual Studio .NET Homepage</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/">Visual Studio Express Homepage</a></li></ul> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-wikidata-1d406ea45aac18cea8f0a0b6af1c04df44ff14d1-v10-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-wikidata-1d406ea45aac18cea8f0a0b6af1c04df44ff14d1-v10_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span style="color:#dd3333">Error: Unable to display the reference properly. 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