The types of projects you can create with Visual Basic
Standard EXE A Standard EXE project is a typical application. Most of
the applications in this book are Standard EXE projects.
ActiveX EXE, ActiveX DLL These types of projects are available with the Professional
edition. ActiveX components are basic code-building components that don’t have
a visible interface and that can add special functionality to your
applications. The two types of projects are identical in functionality, but are
packaged differently (as executable files or Dynamic Link Libraries).
ActiveX Control This type of project is also a feature of the Professional
edition. An ActiveX control such as a TextBox or Command button control is a
basic element of the user interface. If the ActiveX controls that come with
Visual Basic don’t provide the functionality you need, you can build your own
custom controls.
ActiveX Document EXE, ActiveX
Document DLL ActiveX documents are in essence
Visual Basic applications that can run in the environment of a container that
supports hyper linking (such as Internet Explorer).
VB Application Wizard, VB Wizard
Manager The Application Wizard takes you
through the steps of setting up the skeleton of a new application. The Wizard
Manager lets you build your own Wizard. A Wizard is a sequence of windows that
collect information from the user. After the user fills out all the windows,
the Wizard proceeds to build an application, install software, or carry out an
automated operation for the end user.
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Data
Project This is a feature of the
Enterprise edition, and it doesn’t correspond to a new project type. It’s
identical to the Standard EXE project type, but it automatically adds the
controls that are used in accessing databases to the Toolbox.
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DHTML
Application VB6 allows you to build Dynamic
HTML pages that can be displayed in the browser’s window on a client
computer.
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IIS
Application VB6 allows you to build
applications that run on the Web server and interact with clients over the
Internet with the Internet Information Server.
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AddIn You can create your own add-ins for the Visual Basic IDE.
Add-ins are special commands you can add to Visual Basic’s menus.
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VB
Enterprise Edition Controls
This is not a new type of project. It simply creates a new Standard EXE
project and loads all the tools of the Enterprise edition of Visual Basic.
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