<s>
WinWrap	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
(	O
WWB	O
)	O
by	O
Polar	O
Engineering	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
third-party	O
macro	O
language	O
based	O
on	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
used	O
with	O
programmes	O
of	O
various	O
types	O
which	O
its	O
vendor	O
touts	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
ActiveX	B-Application
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
VBScript	B-Application
,	O
JScript	B-Language
,	O
PerlScript	O
,	O
Rexx-based	O
WSH	O
engines	O
and	O
others	O
)	O
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
,	O
and	O
VSTA	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WWB	O
software	O
package	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
development	O
tools	O
including	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio.NET	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
ActiveX	B-Application
scripting	B-Language
engines	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
it	O
contains	O
a	O
scripting	B-Language
engine	I-Language
similar	O
to	O
the	O
default	O
and	O
third-party	O
language	O
implementations	O
for	O
WSH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
engine	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
both	O
the	O
.NET	O
framework	O
and	O
the	O
Component	B-Application
Object	I-Application
Model	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
there	O
are	O
four	O
types	O
of	O
WWB	O
,	O
those	O
being	O
WWB.NET	O
for	O
the	O
.NET	O
object	O
model	O
(	O
used	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio.NET	I-Application
2005	I-Application
and	O
2008	O
and	O
Vista	O
)	O
,	O
.WWB-COM	O
for	O
the	O
COM	B-Application
object	I-Application
model	O
(	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio.NET	I-Application
earlier	O
versions	O
)	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
with	O
all	O
Windows	O
32	O
and	O
64-bit	O
operating	O
systems	O
from	O
Windows	O
95	O
to	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
;	O
the	O
other	O
two	O
packages	O
are	O
for	O
Windows	O
CE	O
and	O
PocketPC	O
&	O
Windows	O
Mobile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Host	O
Explorer	O
from	O
Hummingbird	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
which	O
now	O
uses	O
two	O
proprietary	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
,	O
Hummingbird	O
QuickScript	O
and	O
Hummingbird	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
software	O
used	O
to	O
run	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
equipment	O
like	O
mass	O
spectrometers	O
and	O
other	O
lab	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
