* Microsoft Visual C ++ ( C90.

BASIC remains popular in numerous dialects and new languages influenced by BASIC such as Microsoft Visual Basic.

Software is usually designed and created ( coded / written / programmed ) in integrated development environments ( IDE ) like Eclipse, Emacs and Microsoft Visual Studio that can simplify the process and compile the program.

EiffelEnvision is a plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio that allows users to edit, compile, and debug Eiffel projects from within the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.

Fortran 6 or Visual Fortran 2001 was licensed to Compaq by Microsoft.

* Visual DataFlex ( Microsoft Windows Only )

* http :// msdn. microsoft. com / en-us / library / aa289157 ( v = vs. 71 ). aspx " Microsoft Visual C ++ Floating-Point Optimization ", by Eric Fleegal, MSDN, 2004

Some IDEs contain compiler, interpreter, or both, such as Microsoft Visual Studio and Eclipse ; others do not, such as SharpDevelop and Lazarus.

However, there are some multiple-language IDEs, such as Eclipse, ActiveState Komodo, IntelliJ IDEA, Oracle JDeveloper, recent versions of NetBeans, Microsoft Visual Studio, Genuitec MyEclipse, WinDev, and Xcode.

Most major compiler vendors for Windows still provide free copies of their command-line tools, including Microsoft ( Visual C ++, Platform SDK,. NET Framework SDK, nmake utility ), Embarcadero Technologies ( bcc32 compiler, make utility ).

The official implementation, the Melbourne Mercury Compiler, is available for most Unix platforms, including Mac OS X, as well as for Microsoft Windows ( in Windows, it requires one of the Cygwin or MinGW toolsets, and can be compiled either with GCC or Microsoft Visual C ++).

Visual Basic for Applications ( VBA ) is a programming language included in Microsoft Office.

Zonnon is available as a plug-in language for the Microsoft Visual Studio for. NET development environment.

Microsoft Visual Studio and Sun Java also provide programming tools for developing survey instruments on the handheld.

VBScript ( Visual Basic Scripting Edition ) is an Active Scripting language developed by Microsoft that is modeled on Visual Basic.

This relatively widespread use of VBScript is not because of many special merits of VBScript-several useful features of the full Visual Basic, such as strong typing, extended error trapping and the ability to pass a variable number of parameters to a subroutine have been removed-but mainly because, apart from being easy to learn, royalties need not be paid to Microsoft by implementers as long as the VBScript trade mark is acknowledged.

By contrast, when an organization licenses Visual Basic for Applications ( VBA ) from Microsoft-as companies such as Autodesk, StatSoft, Great Plains Accounting and Visio ( subsequently acquired by Microsoft ) have done-it is allowed to redistribute the full VBA code-writing and debugging environment with its product.

The WordStar Command Emulator is written in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, a macro programming language based on Visual Basic built into Microsoft Word to allow for a high level of customization.

* Microsoft Expression Studio

* Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger

* Microsoft Expression Studio, a digital media and graphic design suite

Some integrated development environments, such as Microsoft Visual Studio, provide code generation assistants that automate the most repetitive tasks required for event handling.

As an example, MSDN regularly includes the latest Windows operating systems ( such as Windows Vista and Windows 7 ), server software such as SQL Server 2008, development tools such as Visual Studio, and applications like Microsoft Office and MapPoint.

As would be expected, any software created with the development tools ( like Visual Studio ), along with the runtime components needed to use it, isn't restricted in any way by Microsoft either — such software can and regularly is used for business production purposes.

Depending on subscription level, subscribers may receive early editions of Microsoft operating systems or other Microsoft products ( Microsoft Office applications, Visual Studio, etc.

PagePlus is primarily written in C ++ using Visual Studio 2008, with a heavy dependence on the Microsoft MFC framework.

For a long time, the Microsoft Visual Studio family of compilers and tools and Borland's compilers were the only tools that could provide this ( although at least in the case of Windows, the SDK itself is downloadable for free separately from the entire IDE suite, from Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and. NET Framework 4 ).

* Everett, the Microsoft pre-release codename for Visual Studio. NET 2003

In January 2009, it was reported by PCWorld that Microsoft closed down the ACES Game Studio, which was the department responsible for creating and maintaining the flight simulator series.

Initially it replaced a development environment consisting of tools added onto Visual C ++ 6. 0. eMbedded Visual C ++ was replaced as a separate development environment by Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

EFI booting has been supported in only Microsoft Windows versions supporting GPT, the Linux kernel 2. 6. 1 and later, and Mac OS X on Intel-based Macs.

By 2005, large parts of W3C DOM were well-supported by common ECMAScript-enabled browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 ( 2001 ), Opera, Safari and Gecko-based browsers ( like Mozilla, Firefox, SeaMonkey and Camino ).

On December 6, 2007, FASA founder Jordan Weisman announced that his new venture, Smith & Tinker, had licensed the electronic gaming rights to MechWarrior, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies from Microsoft.

Mac OS X v10. 6 also features Microsoft Exchange Server support for Mail, iCal, and Address Book, new 64-bit technology capable of supporting greater amounts of RAM, an all new QuickTime X with a refreshed user interface and more functionality that used to be only available to QuickTime Pro owners.

In 2008, a study by Microsoft showed that the average chain of contacts between users of its. NET Messenger Service was 6. 6 people.

Microsoft developed a media player known as ActiveMovie in 1995 that allowed streaming media and included a proprietary streaming format, which was the precursor to the streaming feature later in Windows Media Player 6. 4 in 1999.

XML files and schemas can be manipulated with the Microsoft XML Library Application Programming Interfaces (< tt > msxml6. dll </ tt >, < tt > msxml3. dll </ tt >), which also can be used to retrieve content from the World Wide Web via the XMLHTTP and ServerXMLHTTP objects ( class strings " MSXML2. XMLHTTP. 6. 0 " and " MSXML2. ServerXMLHTTP. 6. 0 ", respectively ).

Microsoft Windows is not shipped with support for X, but many third-party implementations exist, as free and open source software such as Cygwin / X, Xming ( free up to 6. 9. 0. 31 ) and WeirdX ; freeware such as Mocha X Server ; and proprietary products such as Xmanager, Exceed, eXcursion ( Hewlett-Packard ), MKS X / Server, Reflection X, X-Win32 and Xming ( current versions ).

* Microsoft's Design Guidelines discourage developers from using Hungarian notation when they choose names for the elements in. NET Class Libraries, although it was common on prior Microsoft development platforms like Visual Basic 6 and earlier.

For example, all versions of Microsoft Windows operating system shows a file of 2 < sup > 20 </ sup > bytes as " 1. 00 MB " in its file properties dialog, while showing a file of 10 < sup > 6 </ sup > () bytes as 976 kB.

Professional Edition adds following to Standard Edition: Paradox, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 6. 3, WordPerfect Office Software Developer Kit, a network deployment guide, a template and macro guide, and a VBA programming guide.

In 2007, with the advent of Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft dropped the name Pocket PC in favor of a new naming scheme.

Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6, internally code-named ' Crossbow ', was officially released by Microsoft on February 12, 2007.

FrameMaker 10 ( 2011 ) again refined the user interface and introduced several changes, including: integration with content management systems via EMC Documentum 6. 5 with Service Pack 1 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 with Service Pack 2.

Direct3D 6. 0 also included support for features that had been licensed by Microsoft from specific hardware vendors for inclusion in the API, in exchange for the time-to-market advantage to the licensing vendor.

IBM and Microsoft parted ways — MS-DOS 6 was released in March, and PC DOS 6. 1 ( separately developed ) followed in June.

Leveller is available for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows ( version 2. 6 + include some minor compatibility fixes for Vista and for Windows 7 ).

* June 6: The ExploreZip worm, which destroys Microsoft Office documents, was first detected.

NetBIOS name resolution is not supported by Microsoft for Internet Protocol Version 6 ( IPv6 ).