VISUAL BASIC is a VISUAL and events driven Programming Language. These are the main divergences from th1e old BASIC. In BASIC, programming is done in a text-based environment and the program is executed sequentially. In VISUAL BASIC, programming is done in a graphical environment. In old BASIC, you have to write a text-based procedure to design the interface, but Visual Basic enables you to design the interface by dragging and resizing the objects as well as changing their colors, just like any windows-based programs. .
