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VB, VBA, VB.NET, VBScript, and VB6: What Is the Difference?

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VB, VBA, VB.NET, VBScript, and VB6 share a family resemblance, but they are not interchangeable. The key question is not which version sounds newest, but where the code runs and which objects, libraries, and runtime it depends on.

For Microsoft Access developers, the answer is VBA, or Visual Basic for Applications. Learn why Access VBA examples differ from Excel VBA, why old VB6 projects are…