 | Scripts can be placed either on the
server (the computer
that stores web pages and serves copies of them to other computers)
or on the client (the computer that you use to request and
view the pages that are received from the server). To read about
server-side scripting or client-side scripting follow the links
above.
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| To learn how to use the full version of VB to make applets
called ActiveX controls - follow the link above.
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| The full version of Visual Basic 6 can also be
used to make an ActiveX Document. An ActiveX document is different from an
ActiveX control in that it cannot be placed INSIDE a web page. An ActiveX
document is something that the browser would open INSTEAD of opening a web
page - the browser's address bar would confirm this. A big disadvantage of Visual Basic Documents
is that they are are not
compatible with Netscape Navigator.
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| You can use the full version of VB6 to make
DHTMLweb pages. DHTML
(Dynamic HTML) has many advantages over VBScript -
DHTML can be created inside version 6 of the Visual Basic program and this
environment provides rich support to the process. Also, Dynamic HTML code is
packaged into a DLL file before delivery to the browser - the DLL format
cannot be 'cracked' to expose the source code.
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| VB.NET is
even better at making web applications than VB6. See the VB.NET
section of this site for more information.
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| Java 'applets', like Visual Basic Documents
are powerful, full-fledged applications that are designed to run within a
browser. Both 'Java applets' and Visual Basic Documents are much
more powerful than 'JavaScript' or VBScript. Visual Basic Documents are not
compatible with Netscape Navigator but it is possible to convert VB
applications into Java applets, if you can afford several hundred US dollars
for the converter!
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| To make applets to put in web pages most professionals would choose
Macromedia Flash for this purpose
(see my Flash page). They would
normally not choose VB. VB was created long before the World Wide Web became popular, and early
versions were therefore not designed to make programs that could
run inside a web browser (programs that run inside a browser are called 'applets'). The language used
in Flash resembles Java rather than VB. |
