What is Visual Basic?

The catch with all this, apart from the cost, is that your users will require the MSVBVM60.DLL file to run your VB program, along some others depending on which controls your application uses. The file is quite large (1.3MB), and although this is fine when distributed on a disk, it is quite a setback when you want to distribute your program on the web. Even though your users only need one copy of it, you never know if they will already have the file or not, and therefore you always need to provide it. One option is to separate the file so your users only download it if they need to. So save you having to upload the file to the web yourself, you can download it from microsoft at ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/VBRUN60.EXE

Please see VB Editions for information on the different editions and versions of Visual Basic available.