pierre.k wrote:
Unfortunately in my case I cannot deploy the .net framework runtime
to the target machines.
This might be a silly question, perhaps, but - why not?
If it's an installation permissions issue, then you'll have trouble
trying to deploy any COM-based solutions as well.
If your users are running Windows XP, they /probably/ have the 1.1
Framework already!
The reason I am about VB is the ease with which it can implement a COM
server and sink COM events - something not that easy and
straightforward in C++.
Agreed.
This leads me to another question - can VS2005 and the old VS6 be
installed on a single system without conflicts?
Yes. '2005 will probably upgrade your version of MDAC /yet/ again, but
I've not encountered or heard of anything worse (at least not in terms
of "running" them side-by-side.
I wonder why MS closed the doors for those writing in VB and not being
able to deploying the .net runtime...
You never could write VB without installing some sort of Run-Time
library. The Framework is just a much, much bigger one that
additionally supports other languages as well. And, of course, you can
just download the Framework, can't you?
IMHO, until /very/ recently, Our Friends in Redmond seemed to believe
that everybody and their granny had a T3 connection direct to their PC's
so they could download anything and everything they wanted in seconds.
It just never occured to them that people might still use dial-up modems.
HTH,
Phill W.