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Creating forms using visual basic programming

I notice that MS Office programs like Powerpoint, ACCESS, and WORD have in their menu's a place to build visual basic.  How do you make this work when you build forms?  Is the visual basic form you design dependent/independent from the application you made it in (i.e. ACCESS, PPT, WORD, etc).

Let's keep it simple. say I just want to create a user friendly menu screen that I can click on its buttons to open a particular file on my computer much like the same way you do in an html link from the web.  Do I need a special software program to create this?  Is it an EXE file when I finish or how does the form open?  I would like to make this FORM INDEPENDENT from the application/file it will eventually open.

I appreciate any comments you have.
 
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Do you mean vb (ide) or a vba (office) ??
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Do you mean vb (ide) or vba (office) ??
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You can create them from either with Visual Basic program or with office VBA.
If you need a stand-alone app (like worpad or paint, etc) you need to create it with VB.
If you need a solution that involves Office, you could use VBA from any of Office applications.
Hope it clarify something.
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EXACTLY and simply answered my question.  Thanks.

I will plan to purchase VB6 or stand-alone visual basic software program which seems to be the most flexible option for creating an idependent userform.