Features of Visual Basic

Visual basic is used to create the graphical user interface(GUI).The Visual Basic programming language is not unique to Visual Basic. The Visual Basic programming system, Application Edition included in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and many other Windows application use the same language. The Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VB Script) is a widely used Scripting language and a subset of the Visual Basic language.

1. Data access features allow you to create, database, front-end application and scalable server-side components for most popular database formats including Microsoft SQL and other enterprise-level databases.
2. Active X technology allow you to use the functionality provided by other applications, such as Microsoft - Word word-processor, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and, other window applications. You can even automate applications and objects created using the Professional or Enterprise editions of Visual Basic.
3. Internet capabilities make it easy to provide access to documents and application across the internet or Intranet from within your application or to create Internet Server applications.