Visual Basic Language Resources in the .NET Framework SDK

Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language that is designed around the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework helps provide security, memory management, versioning, and deployment support. The .NET Framework also enables interoperability between objects you create with any .NET Framework programming language. This means you can create objects with Visual Basic that are easy to use from other .NET Framework languages, and you can use objects from other .NET Framework languages just like you use objects created with Visual Basic.

This section contains documentation for the command-line Visual Basic compiler, Vbc.exe, which ships with the .NET Framework. In addition, it provides reference documentation for the Visual Basic language.

In This Section

• Visual Basic Programming Guide
  Introduces the essential components of Visual Basic.

• Reference (Visual Basic)
  Contains the Visual Basic language and compiler information.

Related Sections

• Languages and Compilers in the .NET Framework
  Provides links to documentation for the compilers and languages contained in the .NET Framework.

• .NET Framework Class Library Reference
  Supplies syntax, code examples, and related information for each element contained in the .NET Framework namespaces.