Re: VB.NET 2008 not backward compatable?


And I suppose that a VB6 app will run without installing the VB6 runtimes.

Actually, yes, unless of course you're trying to
run it on a Win98 machine that's been kept in the
closet for the past several years. It will run on all
Windows versions from Win95 up, almost certainly
without needing to install the VB6 runtime.

If you're concerned because you *are* running
Win98 fresh out of the closet, then you have a choice
between the VB6 program with a 1MB dependency
or the VB.Net 2 program with an 88 MB dependency.

Any later .Net, of course, won't run at all on the majority
of Windows versions currently in use, including your
Win98 box. Which is just as well, since *that* dependency
runs 200MB+.

While you're buying an ethernet card for your
Win98 box, in order to download the .Net runtime, you
should probably also buy a new memory stick. If the PC
has been in the closet then it's probably not outfitted
with the otherwise superfluous RAM that .Net will need.

So, let's see... you'll need RAM, an ethernet card, and
88 MB of support files. But at least, thank heavens, you
won't face the insufferable hassle of installing that 1 MB
of VB6 support. :)


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