"Frank Callone" wrote:

> Until now I programmed a lot with C++ and Java. Now I want (have) to do some programming with
> Visual Basic. Which software do I need for this ?
> Which is the best GUI development tool for Visual Basic?
>
> When I search through Google it seems to me that most of the introduction think that
> Visual Basic is pre-installed. But I did not found a Visual Basic compiler on my Win2000 system.
> Where can I download the VisualBasic environment for Win2000 (WinXP) and where
> a good GUI development IDE?
>
> Moreover I did not found any introduction web sites which explain the difference
> between (traditional) Visual Basic and VB based on dotnet.
>
> Please, could someone point me to a good software guide.
>
> Thank you
> Frank
>

"Ken Halter" wrote:

> "ralph" <ra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:050C923A-7845-4A32-A5CF-9B366032A048@microsoft.com...
> >
> > To do VB6 development you will need to purchase Visual Studio 6. It is no
> > longer available thru MS except if you have a subscription (and you likely
>
> Just an FYI here.... VS6 is no longer available to MSDN subscribers . You
> can still get VB6 with an MSDN subscription.... but only for a short while.
> VB2, 3 and 4 are still readily available since they don't install MSJVM...
> which is nuts because VB doesn't require MSJVM and it's easily installed
> without it.... but, since VB5/6 are direct competitors to "the new toy",
> instead if simply fixing the installer, the entire package will be removed
> forever.
>
>
> --
> Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - Please keep all discussions in the groups..
> DLL Hell problems? Try ComGuard - http://www.vbsight.com/ComGuard.htm
>

> "Ken Halter" wrote:
>
>> "ralph" <ra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
>>>
>>> To do VB6 development you will need to purchase Visual Studio 6. It
>>> is no longer available thru MS except if you have a subscription
>>> (and you likely
>>
>> Just an FYI here.... VS6 is no longer available to MSDN subscribers
>> . You can still get VB6 with an MSDN subscription.... but only for a
>> short while. VB2, 3 and 4 are still readily available since they
>> don't install MSJVM... which is nuts because VB doesn't require
>> MSJVM and it's easily installed without it.... but, since VB5/6 are
>> direct competitors to "the new toy", instead if simply fixing the
>> installer, the entire package will be removed forever.
>
> I didn't know that.
>
> Thankfully I have kept every disk.
>
> They just keep chipping away. <g>

"Karl E. Peterson" wrote:

> ralph wrote:
> > "Ken Halter" wrote:
> >
> >> "ralph" <ra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
> >>>
> >>> To do VB6 development you will need to purchase Visual Studio 6. It
> >>> is no longer available thru MS except if you have a subscription
> >>> (and you likely
> >>
> >> Just an FYI here.... VS6 is no longer available to MSDN subscribers
> >> . You can still get VB6 with an MSDN subscription.... but only for a
> >> short while. VB2, 3 and 4 are still readily available since they
> >> don't install MSJVM... which is nuts because VB doesn't require
> >> MSJVM and it's easily installed without it.... but, since VB5/6 are
> >> direct competitors to "the new toy", instead if simply fixing the
> >> installer, the entire package will be removed forever.
> >
> > I didn't know that.
> >
> > Thankfully I have kept every disk.
> >
> > They just keep chipping away. <g>
>
> I suspect this is one torrent that will never die...
>
>   http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3266833
>
> <sigh>
> --
> Working without a .NET?
> http://classicvb.org/
>
>
>

> "Karl E. Peterson" wrote:
>
>> ralph wrote:
>>> "Ken Halter" wrote:
>>>
>>>> "ralph" <ra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
>>>>>
>>>>> To do VB6 development you will need to purchase Visual Studio 6.
>>>>> It is no longer available thru MS except if you have a
>>>>> subscription (and you likely
>>>>
>>>> Just an FYI here.... VS6 is no longer available to MSDN subscribers
>>>> . You can still get VB6 with an MSDN subscription.... but only for
>>>> a short while. VB2, 3 and 4 are still readily available since they
>>>> don't install MSJVM... which is nuts because VB doesn't require
>>>> MSJVM and it's easily installed without it.... but, since VB5/6 are
>>>> direct competitors to "the new toy", instead if simply fixing the
>>>> installer, the entire package will be removed forever.
>>>
>>> I didn't know that.
>>>
>>> Thankfully I have kept every disk.
>>>
>>> They just keep chipping away. <g>
>>
>> I suspect this is one torrent that will never die...
>>
>>   http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3266833
>>
>> <sigh>
>
> ROFL!
>
> I just happened to read on the comments the website and noticed the
> plight of poor Mr/Miss jbysmith ...
>
> "Anyone happen to know if this one includes the help files? I've only
> been able to find one complete copy so far.. and its in Korean ugh."
>
> Note the "this one" - Ghod knows how many gig has been downloaded to
> date.