Can I use string and numeric variables in Visual Studio?

Yes you may...

In Visual Basic, you use Dim to declare a variable

e.g.

Dim strword As String '---(string variable)

Dim intnum As Integer '---(numeric variable)

In C#:

int intnum;

string strword;

Thanks Eddie. I'll try that. I should have realized I guess, that it wasn't a language, given that VB is one. Now, all I need to do is find how to get into the VB environment from VS.