Programming language similar to VBA

[aziz rasul]

I like using VBA but demand for this in UK is low and doesn't pay much either. Interested to hear what the situation in the US is like.

Does anyone know what is the nearest language that is similar to VBA and has visual stuff as well i.e. forms, text boxes, etc. that is in demand currently?

 

[darbid]

Does anyone know what is the nearest language that is similar to VBA and has visual stuff as well i.e. forms, text boxes, etc. that is in demand currently?

I cannot give you an opinion on your first question but I have one on the second. Visual Basic is pretty similar to VBA. To be more specifc VB.NET.

If I were to explain what MSAccess is I would say it is a Programming Editor (with a nice tool box of controls and nice set of addons like Active X controls) which uses VBA as the programming language and has a database natively attached to it.

What does Microsoft Offer as the next step up? Well I think you have to make it more than "one step" but less than a "leap" to Visual Studio. This is an editor that you can use for VB or C# or C++. It is free to download and use Visual Studio (although the free version is a little restrictive and you have to choose a language for the free version). It still has the ability to use a nice tool box of controls like Access, but it does not have a database attached, you need to attach it yourself. In that regard the free version is limited on the attaching of databases and visualisation of your data. In the paid versions once you have attached your project to a database you can see tables, fields and values etc in a more similar way to that of Access.

Edit: I just wanted to add. I am not a professional programmer and it is not my bread and butter.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

visual basic, i would think

you can download free versions of visual basic, (and visual c and variants) from MS.

 

[aziz rasul]

Thanks both. Much appreciated.