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{{Infobox programming language |
{{Infobox programming language |
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| year = 1989 |
| year = {{Start date and age|1989}} |
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| developer = [[Microsoft]] |
| developer = [[Microsoft]] |
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| influenced_by = [[QuickBASIC]] |
| influenced_by = [[QuickBASIC]] |
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'''WordBASIC''' was a subset of [[Microsoft]] [[QuickBASIC]] customized for word-processing. It was replaced by [[Visual Basic for Applications| Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)]] when [[Microsoft Office 97|Word 97]] was released. Contrarily to VBA, WordBasic was not [[object-oriented]] but consisted of a flat list of approximately 900 commands.<ref>[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa211963%28v=office.11%29.aspx Conceptual Differences Between WordBasic and Visual Basic], 07/11/2006, Microsoft Docs [https://web.archive.org/web/20181201005818/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/office-2003/aa211963(v=office.11) Archived]</ref> |
'''WordBASIC''' was a subset of [[Microsoft]] [[QuickBASIC]] customized for word-processing in [[Microsoft Word]]. It was replaced by [[Visual Basic for Applications| Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)]] when [[Microsoft Office 97|Word 97]] was released. Contrarily to VBA, WordBasic was not [[object-oriented]] but consisted of a flat list of approximately 900 commands.<ref>[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa211963%28v=office.11%29.aspx Conceptual Differences Between WordBasic and Visual Basic], 07/11/2006, Microsoft Docs [https://web.archive.org/web/20181201005818/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/office-2003/aa211963(v=office.11) Archived]</ref> |
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==Example code== |
==Example code== |
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WordBasic: |
WordBasic: |
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<syntaxhighlight lang=" |
<syntaxhighlight lang="vbscript"> |
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Sub MAIN |
Sub MAIN |
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FormatFont .Name = "Arial", .Points = 10 |
FormatFont .Name = "Arial", .Points = 10 |
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Insert "Hello, World!" |
Insert "Hello, World!" |
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End Sub |
End Sub |
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</syntaxhighlight> |
</syntaxhighlight> |
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VBA: |
VBA: |
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<syntaxhighlight lang=" |
<syntaxhighlight lang="vbscript"> |
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Public Sub Main() |
Public Sub Main() |
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With Selection.Font |
With Selection.Font |
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{{BASIC}} |
{{BASIC}} |
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{{Authority control}} |
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[[Category:BASIC programming language family]] |
[[Category:BASIC programming language family]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:45, 23 May 2024
| Developer | Microsoft |
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| First appeared | 1989 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| License | Commercial proprietary software |
| Influenced by | |
| QuickBASIC | |
WordBASIC was a subset of Microsoft QuickBASIC customized for word-processing in Microsoft Word. 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]
Example code
[edit]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
References
[edit]- ^ 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
