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]
| Developer | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| First appeared | 1989 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| License | Commercial proprietary software |
| Influenced by | |
| QuickBASIC | |
Example code
editThe 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 SubVBA:
Public Sub Main() With Selection.Font .Name = "Arial" .Size = 10 End With Selection.TypeText Text:="Hello, World!"End SubReferences
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