Total Cost Of Ownership

"I have been a fan of PowerBASIC for years. I cannot imagine why anybody would use VB or .NET but I suppose it is all about marketing. Talk about the Total Cost Of Ownership!!!! One programmer and PowerBASIC can do what takes a room full of .NET folks to write and maintain."

-Mark Strickland
Chief Engineer
SimplyBASICsecurity.com

Frequently Asked Questions

Does PowerBASIC support ActiveX controls?

Both the PowerBASIC Console Compiler 5 and the PowerBASIC 9 For Windows compilers can access COM Objects and ActiveX controls, which do not require a visual container.

PowerBASIC 9 For Windows creates COM applications, COM components, and COM Servers using the Dispatch Interface as well as the lighnting fast VTable access.

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