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Article: Visual Basic makes big inroads. (Microsoft's application development software gains third-party support)
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- Software Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 1995
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Once perceived as a programming toy, Visual Basic has become an industry standard for rapid application development (RAD). Third-party tool vendors have brought the language into corporate computing arenas such as database and client/ server development. Meanwhile, Microsoft toils on an upgrade.
While Visual Basic 4.0 uses the same programming concepts as previous versions, it has been optimized to improve performance for commercial-grade applications. One key change is the introduction of OCXs (OLE-based custom controls) as new containers to hold Visual Basic program elements. OCXs are reportedly quicker and more flexible than the VBX (Visual Basic custom control) ...