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I don't understand what's wrong with that?

IRL that is exactly the type of thing VB is used for. It's easy for non programmers to design interfaces, relatively intuitive to program, and it doesn't require compilation or other fancy or complicated processes to use the completed program.

It's literally WYSIWYG programming.

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It's unrealistic that someone would write a GUI interface in response to an active computer attack. The reference: https://youtu.be/hkDD03yeLnU

I don't think you understand how Visual Basic works or how people use it.

The GUI isn't "written", it's drag and drop. You add functionality as needed to the GUI events, like the code you would have put into a console program goes into a button's OnClick event instead.

It's probably faster than writing a console program for anyone who isn't a developer.

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