I am thinking of buying a copy of VB but which one. The MS site does not
help.
The newer versions look like VB2005 and VBNet. But they look like they
maybe the same thing but with a different name. Is VB2005 only available in
Beta? I tried to find a place on MS site to buy and I kept getting VB2003
NET or some thing like that.
So I would appreicate some input from the people that are using VB.
Thanks
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SailFL
21  1247 
The current 2005 version is the beta release of a product that will be
available on November 7th.
I would recommend that you download and use the free beta version until then
unless you have to actually produce some commercial code.
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Visual C#, System.Drawing
Ramuseco Limited .NET consulting http://www.ramuseco.com
Find great Windows Forms articles in Windows Forms Tips and Tricks http://www.bobpowell.net/tipstricks.htm
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"SailFL" <Sa****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:02******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... I am thinking of buying a copy of VB but which one. The MS site does not
help.
The newer versions look like VB2005 and VBNet. But they look like they
maybe the same thing but with a different name. Is VB2005 only available
in
Beta? I tried to find a place on MS site to buy and I kept getting VB2003
NET or some thing like that.
So I would appreicate some input from the people that are using VB.
Thanks
--
SailFL
Thanks for that informatin. From reading post under upgrade.... it seems
that VB2005 is an upgrade to VB6 and .Net is a different breed - aimed at net
development? Is that correct. But I also understand that VB2005 will create
..Net code?
Thanks
--
SailFL
"Bob Powell [MVP]" wrote: The current 2005 version is the beta release of a product that will be
available on November 7th.
I would recommend that you download and use the free beta version until then
unless you have to actually produce some commercial code.
--
Bob Powell [MVP]
Visual C#, System.Drawing
Ramuseco Limited .NET consulting
http://www.ramuseco.com
Find great Windows Forms articles in Windows Forms Tips and Tricks
http://www.bobpowell.net/tipstricks.htm
Answer those GDI+ questions with the GDI+ FAQ
http://www.bobpowell.net/faqmain.htm
All new articles provide code in C# and VB.NET.
Subscribe to the RSS feeds provided and never miss a new article.
"SailFL" <Sa****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:02******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...I am thinking of buying a copy of VB but which one. The MS site does not
help.
The newer versions look like VB2005 and VBNet. But they look like they
maybe the same thing but with a different name. Is VB2005 only available
in
Beta? I tried to find a place on MS site to buy and I kept getting VB2003
NET or some thing like that.
So I would appreicate some input from the people that are using VB.
Thanks
--
SailFL
SailFL wrote: Thanks for that informatin. From reading post under upgrade.... it seems
that VB2005 is an upgrade to VB6 and .Net is a different breed - aimed at net
development? Is that correct. But I also understand that VB2005 will create
.Net code?
Thanks
No, don't know where you heard that. VB-2005 is an upgrade to VB-2003.
It's all .net and will NOT be able to produce VB6 compatiable code.
VB6 is a dead language for the future, there will not be any updates to it.
Chris
If VB2005 is .Net why would I want to use it if I am not developing for
Internet. I want to program applications that run on Windows but not the
Internet. Sounds like I have a problem?
So I still do not have a recommendation.
--
SailFL
"Chris" wrote: SailFL wrote: Thanks for that informatin. From reading post under upgrade.... it seems
that VB2005 is an upgrade to VB6 and .Net is a different breed - aimed at net
development? Is that correct. But I also understand that VB2005 will create
.Net code?
Thanks
No, don't know where you heard that. VB-2005 is an upgrade to VB-2003.
It's all .net and will NOT be able to produce VB6 compatiable code.
VB6 is a dead language for the future, there will not be any updates to it.
Chris
SailFL,
The newer version of Visual Studio Net, named VS2005 is planed for november
7 2005, than it replaces Visual Studio Net 2003.
There are from Visual Studio different packages, that is not about the
primary developing tools themselves those are all the same, however what a
package contains extra.
From VS2002/2003 was a stripped VBNet version named Standard, which could
only be used with the program language VBNet and from which parts where
stripped.
How that will be for the 2005 version is not yet clear, however for 2005 are
as well planed all kind of Express versions. Those are primary intended for
learning purposes as the VBNet standard was. Probably will those Express
versions piece by piece be prized is told at about 50 dollar.
I hope this helps,
Cor
"SailFL" <Sa****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> schrieb: The newer versions look like VB2005 and VBNet. But they look like they
maybe the same thing but with a different name. Is VB2005 only available
in
Beta? I tried to find a place on MS site to buy and I kept getting VB2003
NET or some thing like that.
IIRC there will be a Professional edition containing VB.NET only
reintroduced.
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
How is .Net different than other languages? Can some one explain that to me???
--
SailFL
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote: "SailFL" <Sa****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> schrieb: The newer versions look like VB2005 and VBNet. But they look like they
maybe the same thing but with a different name. Is VB2005 only available
in
Beta? I tried to find a place on MS site to buy and I kept getting VB2003
NET or some thing like that.
IIRC there will be a Professional edition containing VB.NET only
reintroduced.
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
VB6 was primarily for Windows development. VB.Net is also for Windows
development. Visual Studio.net is for Windows or web development.
If you just want to do Windows desktop development, then you can save
some money and just get VB.net. If you think you would want to make an
entry into other types of development, then you might as well just get
the full package which, besides enabling you to do both types of
development, also includes many other tools that come in very handy as a
professional programmer.
Tom
SailFL wrote: How is .Net different than other languages? Can some one explain that to me???
Thanks for the difference in the packages that MS is offering but that does
not explain what .Net is or what is different about it.
--
SailFL
"ng" wrote: VB6 was primarily for Windows development. VB.Net is also for Windows
development. Visual Studio.net is for Windows or web development.
If you just want to do Windows desktop development, then you can save
some money and just get VB.net. If you think you would want to make an
entry into other types of development, then you might as well just get
the full package which, besides enabling you to do both types of
development, also includes many other tools that come in very handy as a
professional programmer.
Tom
SailFL wrote:
How is .Net different than other languages? Can some one explain that to me???
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