"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
In addition to Jeff's reply.
Classic Visual Basic (vb6 and below) is discontinued. MS's only Visual Basic
offering at the moment is Visual Basic.Net. (aka VS/VB 2003/2005).
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
don't or you wouldn't have asked. <g>). You can buy it at various sources on
the internet. It is best to go ahead an purchase the full VS 6 (VB and VC++)
pro or enterprise version, as the difference in price from buying just VB is
slight compared to the benifits of the additional tools.
If it is VB.net then you may get by using the VB 2005 Express Edition. Free
download from MS, but you need some software to create a freestanding install
from the downloaded image file, or you can purchase it with several books
(Wrox sells a book "Visual Basic Express Edition Startup" for $39 that
includes the CD.)
Find out which VB you need to use.
As for spelling out the differences - that takes volumes. Essentially VB.Net
and VBc are totally different languages and environments.
hth
-ralph