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'''LotusScript''' is an [[object-oriented programming language]] used by [[Lotus Notes]] (since version 4.0) and other [[IBM]] [[Lotus Software]] products.

LotusScript is similar to [[Visual Basic (classic)|Visual Basic]].<ref name="Moser1999">{{cite book|first=Gerd |last=Moser|title=SAP® R/3® Interfacing using BAPIs: A practical guide to working within the SAP® Business Framework|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xUZNEf2jgGUC&pg=PA45|date=12 March 1999|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-528-05694-0|page=45}}</ref>  Developers familiar with one can easily understand the syntax and structure of code in the other.  The major differences between the two are in their respective [[integrated development environment]]s and in the product-specific [[object-oriented programming|object]] [[Class (computer programming)|classes]] provided in each language that are included.  VB includes a richer set of classes for UI manipulation, whereas LotusScript includes a richer set of application-specific classes for [[Lotus Notes]], [[Lotus Word Pro]] and [[Lotus 1-2-3]].  In the case of Lotus Notes, there are classes to work with Notes databases, documents (records) in those databases, etc. These classes can also be used as [[OLE Automation]] objects outside the Lotus Notes environment, from Visual Basic.

LotusScript also allows the definition of user-defined [[data type|types]] and classes, although it is not possible to inherit from the product-specific classes. LotusScript programs can access [[Microsoft Office]] documents by using the [[Object Linking and Embedding|OLE]] automation in [[computer library|libraries]] from MS Office.