Please could someone help me with a very simple question. I use VB macros quite extensively for a variety of data contol tasks in Excel. I'm totally self taught assisted by "Help" and frustration in equal measures.
"Help" tells me I'm using VBA 6.0.8435. I would like to learn more about VB but all the books I look at refer to VB as a seperate program rather than something only accessed through Excel/macros. Is this VB6 I've been using the same program as the books refer to or should I be obtaining a seperate piece of software to continue learning?

Ah-ha; Thanks Mark, I suspected something like this. Any good suggestions as to where I could lay my hands on VB6 would be much appreciated.
In the mean while, are there dramatic differences between VBA and it's stand alone parent? Most of the ideas I've gained from the books I've investigated appear to work with VBA although I'm obviously not using the software to it's full potential

From a base code level, no there is not a lot of difference. However, there are a lot of things in the full VB that simply do not exist in VBA. This includes classes, the way forms are handled, much better access to third party controls, and installation/setup issues. The best way to try it is to suck it and see.

I've got no real idea where to buy VB6 these days. If you become a MSDN subscriber you'll get it that way (as well as the other dev tools). This is several hundred dollars so it's not cheap. However, if you're doing it for work it's a good buy. I'm going to re-subscribe this year.