John,

>>>VBA is not VB. I'm talking about the Visual Basic development tool (Version 5, 6, etc..), not the derived script languages.

>VBA is VB, it is not a script language. There is almost 100% parity now.

I'm not talking about syntax. How do you create an activeX control in VBA ? How do you create a standalone application using VBA (alone)

IMO opinion the syntax is not that important. I find it more important what technical advantages and limitations a language has. In this way VB and VBA are different animals.

Walter,