Questions about VB 2008 Express Edition

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I know that VB installs version 3.5 of .Net. I have versions 1.1 & 2.0 on my
PC. Can I uninstall versions 1.1 & 2.0 after I install VB?

I've been browsing thru books on VB Express Edition. In one book it stated
that VB comes with a "classic" VB to VB.Net converter. In another book, I
read that the converter comes with Visual Studio. Which is it?

I know that ClickOnce can create an installer for a CD or DVD. Can it create
an installer for a floppy or a flash drive or an e-mail attachment?

Thank you.
David

[Gillard]

1 do not uninstall any of the framework
because some of your programs may need it for runtime purpose

2 the vb converter is shipped with express as well
it will only work if you have vb6 installed on your dev box

installer for a floppy??? yeah why not if it is a very small program that do
not use any dll

for email attachment use %WINDIR%system32\iexpress.exe
to package your files in 1 executable
"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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I know that VB installs version 3.5 of .Net. I have versions 1.1 & 2.0 on
my
PC. Can I uninstall versions 1.1 & 2.0 after I install VB?

I've been browsing thru books on VB Express Edition. In one book it stated
that VB comes with a "classic" VB to VB.Net converter. In another book, I
read that the converter comes with Visual Studio. Which is it?

I know that ClickOnce can create an installer for a CD or DVD. Can it
create
an installer for a floppy or a flash drive or an e-mail attachment?

Thank you.
David

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I was hoping that you would say that the converter comes with the express
edition. I assume & I hope that it is the same program that comes with Visual
Studio, correct? I've been playing around with VB since version 3! I have VB6
Learning Edition. I have a lot of demos. So, I'd have to open each demo in
VB6 & save it before I run the converter, correct?

Is the converter available as a download?

for email attachment use %WINDIR%system32\iexpress.exe
to package your files in 1 executable. HUH? How do I run that program?

Thank you.
David

"Gillard" wrote:

1 do not uninstall any of the framework
because some of your programs may need it for runtime purpose

2 the vb converter is shipped with express as well
it will only work if you have vb6 installed on your dev box

installer for a floppy??? yeah why not if it is a very small program that do
not use any dll

"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:E3**********************************@microsof t.com...

I know that VB installs version 3.5 of .Net. I have versions 1.1 & 2.0 on
my
PC. Can I uninstall versions 1.1 & 2.0 after I install VB?

I've been browsing thru books on VB Express Edition. In one book it stated
that VB comes with a "classic" VB to VB.Net converter. In another book, I
read that the converter comes with Visual Studio. Which is it?

I know that ClickOnce can create an installer for a CD or DVD. Can it
create
an installer for a floppy or a flash drive or an e-mail attachment?

Thank you.
David

[Gillard]

to upgrade a vb6 program just doubleclick on it and you'll see that vb2008
handle the converstion pretty good
you do not need to download the converter it is installed in vb2008
%WINDIR% = windows installation directory ( c:\windows ?)

to run iexpress.exe

just type iexpress in a command prompt

or in a run box

"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:9F**********************************@microsof t.com...

I was hoping that you would say that the converter comes with the express
edition. I assume & I hope that it is the same program that comes with
Visual
Studio, correct? I've been playing around with VB since version 3! I have
VB6
Learning Edition. I have a lot of demos. So, I'd have to open each demo in
VB6 & save it before I run the converter, correct?

Is the converter available as a download?

>for email attachment use %WINDIR%system32\iexpress.exe
to package your files in 1 executable. HUH? How do I run that program?

Thank you.
David

"Gillard" wrote:

>1 do not uninstall any of the framework
because some of your programs may need it for runtime purpose

2 the vb converter is shipped with express as well
it will only work if you have vb6 installed on your dev box

installer for a floppy??? yeah why not if it is a very small program that
do
not use any dll

"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:E3**********************************@microso ft.com...

I know that VB installs version 3.5 of .Net. I have versions 1.1 & 2.0
on
my
PC. Can I uninstall versions 1.1 & 2.0 after I install VB?

I've been browsing thru books on VB Express Edition. In one book it
stated
that VB comes with a "classic" VB to VB.Net converter. In another book,
I
read that the converter comes with Visual Studio. Which is it?

I know that ClickOnce can create an installer for a CD or DVD. Can it
create
an installer for a floppy or a flash drive or an e-mail attachment?

Thank you.
David

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You state :

to upgrade a vb6 program just doubleclick on it and you'll see that vb2008
handle the conversion pretty good

What is "it"? Is "it" VB or VB.Net?

Is the conversion tool available from the VB IDE menu?

I suppose that the conversion tool makes its best effort to convert VB6 to
VB.NET. Suppose there are things that it cannot convert. Does the converter
give a list of things that it cannot convert?

I read in a book that it's possible to create .Net classes that can be added
to the Framework. How is that done?

Thank you.
David

"Gillard" wrote:

to upgrade a vb6 program just doubleclick on it and you'll see that vb2008
handle the converstion pretty good
you do not need to download the converter it is installed in vb2008
%WINDIR% = windows installation directory ( c:\windows ?)

to run iexpress.exe

just type iexpress in a command prompt

or in a run box

"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:9F**********************************@microsof t.com...

I was hoping that you would say that the converter comes with the express
edition. I assume & I hope that it is the same program that comes with
Visual
Studio, correct? I've been playing around with VB since version 3! I have
VB6
Learning Edition. I have a lot of demos. So, I'd have to open each demo in
VB6 & save it before I run the converter, correct?

Is the converter available as a download?

for email attachment use %WINDIR%system32\iexpress.exe
to package your files in 1 executable. HUH? How do I run that program?

Thank you.
David

"Gillard" wrote:

1 do not uninstall any of the framework
because some of your programs may need it for runtime purpose

2 the vb converter is shipped with express as well
it will only work if you have vb6 installed on your dev box

installer for a floppy??? yeah why not if it is a very small program that
do
not use any dll

"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:E3**********************************@microsof t.com...
I know that VB installs version 3.5 of .Net. I have versions 1.1 & 2.0
on
my
PC. Can I uninstall versions 1.1 & 2.0 after I install VB?

I've been browsing thru books on VB Express Edition. In one book it
stated
that VB comes with a "classic" VB to VB.Net converter. In another book,
I
read that the converter comes with Visual Studio. Which is it?

I know that ClickOnce can create an installer for a CD or DVD. Can it
create
an installer for a floppy or a flash drive or an e-mail attachment?

Thank you.
David

[Phil]

>to upgrade a vb6 program just doubleclick on it and you'll see that

>vb2008
handle the conversion pretty good

What is "it"? Is "it" VB or VB.Net?

The preceding noun in that sentence was 'program'. 'it' obviously referred
to that.
I don't think that's right though.
Presumably by 'vb6 program' he meant either the project file, or the
executable produced from it. If you doubleclick the executable, it will just
run it, if you doubleclick the vbp or any of the other source files, they
will just open in VB6. To do the conversion, you need to start VB.Net, and
load the project in there.
Before starting I would recommend that you look in the VB.Net help. There is
a whole section on converting VB6 programs to .Net. Look for the page
entitled: Upgrade For Visual Basic 6 Users (How Do I in Visual Basic)
Also available here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms172562.aspx

>
Is the conversion tool available from the VB IDE menu?

The tool will start automatically when you open a VB6 project in the VB.Net
IDE.

>
I suppose that the conversion tool makes its best effort to convert VB6 to
VB.NET. Suppose there are things that it cannot convert. Does the
converter
give a list of things that it cannot convert?

Yes it produces a report in an HTML file highlighting any issues.

>
I read in a book that it's possible to create .Net classes that can be
added
to the Framework. How is that done?

Don't know about that sorry. You can create class libraries (DLLs) just like
you could with VB6. I'm not sure if you can then make this part of the
framework itself (nor why you'd want to).

[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

PcNerd,

Already from version VB 2005 the name for the product VB is VB with the
extention of a year.

There was a product version in 2002/2003 which was VB.Net

There were product versions named VB1 to VB6 therefore with VB can in fact
only be meant a version 2005 or 2008

The language name from the versions (not the product name) is VB1 to VB9,
while there was also a version which 7.1 which was in fact an upgrade from
version 7, which had slight but very usefull improvements.

Version 7.0 And 7.1 where the only onces which had the extention .Net in
their product version name

Cor

"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comschreef in bericht
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You state :

>to upgrade a vb6 program just doubleclick on it and you'll see that
vb2008
handle the conversion pretty good

What is "it"? Is "it" VB or VB.Net?

Is the conversion tool available from the VB IDE menu?

I suppose that the conversion tool makes its best effort to convert VB6 to
VB.NET. Suppose there are things that it cannot convert. Does the
converter
give a list of things that it cannot convert?

I read in a book that it's possible to create .Net classes that can be
added
to the Framework. How is that done?

Thank you.
David

"Gillard" wrote:

>to upgrade a vb6 program just doubleclick on it and you'll see that
vb2008
handle the converstion pretty good
you do not need to download the converter it is installed in vb2008
%WINDIR% = windows installation directory ( c:\windows ?)

to run iexpress.exe

just type iexpress in a command prompt

or in a run box

"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:9F**********************************@microso ft.com...

I was hoping that you would say that the converter comes with the
express
edition. I assume & I hope that it is the same program that comes with
Visual
Studio, correct? I've been playing around with VB since version 3! I
have
VB6
Learning Edition. I have a lot of demos. So, I'd have to open each demo
in
VB6 & save it before I run the converter, correct?

Is the converter available as a download?

for email attachment use %WINDIR%system32\iexpress.exe
to package your files in 1 executable. HUH? How do I run that program?

Thank you.
David

"Gillard" wrote:

1 do not uninstall any of the framework
because some of your programs may need it for runtime purpose

2 the vb converter is shipped with express as well
it will only work if you have vb6 installed on your dev box

installer for a floppy??? yeah why not if it is a very small program
that
do
not use any dll

"pcnerd" <pc****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:E3**********************************@microso ft.com...
I know that VB installs version 3.5 of .Net. I have versions 1.1 &
2.0
on
my
PC. Can I uninstall versions 1.1 & 2.0 after I install VB?

I've been browsing thru books on VB Express Edition. In one book it
stated
that VB comes with a "classic" VB to VB.Net converter. In another
book,
I
read that the converter comes with Visual Studio. Which is it?

I know that ClickOnce can create an installer for a CD or DVD. Can
it
create
an installer for a floppy or a flash drive or an e-mail attachment?

Thank you.
David