^Conceptual Differences Between WordBasic and Visual Basic, 07/11/2006, Microsoft Docs
^Converting WordBasic Macros to Visual Basic, 07/11/2006, Microsoft Docs
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wordbasic, subset, microsoft, quickbasic, customized, word, processing, microsoft, word, replaced, visual, basic, applications, when, word, released, contrarily, wordbasic, object, oriented, consisted, flat, list, approximately, commands, developermicrosoftfir. WordBASIC was a subset of Microsoft QuickBASIC customized for word processing in Microsoft Word It was replaced by Visual Basic for Applications VBA when Word 97 was released Contrarily to VBA WordBasic was not object oriented but consisted of a flat list of approximately 900 commands 1 WordBASICDeveloperMicrosoftFirst appeared1989 34 years ago 1989 OSMicrosoft Windows Mac OS XLicenseCommercial proprietary softwareInfluenced byQuickBASICExample code editThe following code snippets show the difference between WordBasic and VBA with a Hello World example 2 WordBasic Sub MAIN FormatFont Name Arial Points 10 Insert Hello World End Sub VBA Public Sub Main With Selection Font Name Arial Size 10 End With Selection TypeText Text Hello World End SubReferences edit Conceptual Differences Between WordBasic and Visual Basic 07 11 2006 Microsoft Docs Archived Converting WordBasic Macros to Visual Basic 07 11 2006 Microsoft Docs Archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WordBASIC amp oldid 1174943536, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
