Microsoft announced in early 2012 that it would extend support for aging Visual Basic 6 runtimes and code syntax for the entire life cycle of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and the ...

Enhancements in the .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 make Office automation solutions easier than ever to write and deploy. Here's an Excel automation scenario that reflects solutions that I've ...

Microsoft Excel's form controls let you add buttons to your spreadsheet to perform functions. For example, if a spreadsheet invites coworkers to enter sales predictions, they might press a button to ...

Excel is a useful program for creating tables, graphs and making complicated calculations automatically. It might seem complicated at the beginning, but when you get to know Excel's features, the ...

Low-code development tools like Microsoft’s Power Platform are more than a way for users to build the apps they need when they need them. They’re a way to rapidly building code that’s needed urgently.

Visual Basic development in Visual Studio 11 offers asynchronous methods, iterators, call hierarchy, the Global keyword and Windows 8 Metro-based applications. One of the primary themes in Windows 8 ...

Visual Basic 6 (VB6), introduced in 1998, was a major step forward in programming, particularly for Windows applications. While it has since been succeeded by Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and ...

Back in 1993, there was no YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch, so companies like Microsoft would have to get creative if they wanted to do a live video broadcast. That's why Microsoft held the DevCast, a ...

More than 100 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) developers have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form.