WordBASIC
WordBASIC was a subset of Microsoft QuickBASIC customized for word-processing. 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]
Developer | Microsoft |
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First appeared | 1989 |
OS | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
License | Commercial proprietary software |
Influenced by | |
QuickBASIC |
Example code
The 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 Sub
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References
- 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
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