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Doesn't VB come with .NET?

3 replies on 1 page. Most recent reply: Dec 20, 2005 12:17 PM by Charles Haws

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William Thompson

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Doesn't VB come with .NET? Posted: Dec 18, 2005 1:59 PM
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If you buy .NET development envoronment, doesn't VB come with it?

I am just starting out with using the .NET development to do VB development. How are projects developed under the previous version opened with the VB .NET development environment? It seems all I have to build the project with is the .vbp or the .vbw but when I try to open these files in the .NET IDE and it doesn't seem to work at all.

I looked at the About window of my .NET IDE and it seems I have C ++ .NET installed but not VB.

At work the collection of installation discs I have includes two yellow Visual C++ .net disks and 3 light blue MSDN LIBRARY disks and a Visual Studio Prerequisite disc. The box that everything comes in is Microsoft C++ .net standard. I guess there is a whole other product I need to buy (or have my boss buy)? Didn't 6.0 include everything -- both C++ and VB?


Wasantha Wijayarathna

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Re: Doesn't VB come with .NET? Posted: Dec 18, 2005 9:28 PM
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According to my knowledge, VB6 is not included in Visulal Studio.NET, but there is a Visual Basic version in VS.Net called VB.NET. That is very simmiller to VB6 and any one familier with VB6 can follow it easily. And VB.NET couples with additional features and more OO friendlier than VB6. I recommend you guys to use VB.Net and it's very interesting and easy to follow. But I know that in VS.Net you can convert your VB6 in to it's VB.Net version. But you can't directly use your VB6 codes.

Wasantha Wijayarathna

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Re: Doesn't VB come with .NET? Posted: Dec 18, 2005 9:51 PM
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Please reffer this link for further information and microsoft recommendations

http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/vb6tovbnetupgrade.asp

Charles Haws

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Re: Doesn't VB come with .NET? Posted: Dec 20, 2005 12:17 PM
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> includes two yellow Visual C++ .net disks and 3 light blue
> MSDN LIBRARY disks and a Visual Studio Prerequisite disc.

VB comes with Visual Studio.NET.
Sounds like you've got Visual C++.NET.

Not the same thing: There's a C++, a C#, a VB.NET, and if you want everything you get Visual Studio.NET.

If you want to do just one of the .NET languages, look up the Express versions. They're free. If you want to do VB6, I would guess you could find it on its own or with any version of Visual Studio since 6.

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