% (=integer) short integer.

& amp(=long) long integer.

! (= single)? Single precision floating-point type.

# (=double)？ Double precision floating-point type.

ActiveX technology: ActiveX has developed the original OLE technology, which enables developers to get rid of the shackles of specific languages and conveniently use the functions provided by other applications, and enables Visual Basic 6.0 to develop applications that integrate sound, images, animation, word processing, spreadsheets, Web and other objects.

Network function: The DHTML (Dynamic HTML) design tool provided by Visual Basic 6.0 enables developers to dynamically create and edit web pages, and enables users to develop multifunctional network application software.

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Basic features:

The central idea of VB is to make programmers simple, whether novice or expert. The GUI system used by VB can simply build application programs, but it can also develop quite complicated programs. VB program is a form-based visual component arrangement and combination, adding code to specify the properties and methods of components.

Because the default properties and methods have been partially defined in the component, programmers can complete a simple program without writing too much code. In the past version, the performance of VB program has been put on the desktop, but with the rapid improvement of computer speed, the debate about performance has become less and less.

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