beginner visual basic learner (trying)

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From: william baugh (williambaugh_at_runbox.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:23:01 -0700

Hello.

Sorry, more at home with straight line programming than this jump around here / there object stuff.

I need whatever programs or reference materials that came after Qbasic.

No I don't use Qbasic, hate it actually, I use GWbasic to create the program and get it working (error / bug free), then swap it over to Qbasic.

I either need to be pointed in the correct direction to start learning VB at the beginning, or some one to help me create this program, it's for my personal use.

Works very well in GWbasic except for the extra steps needed so basic can use the data from the XP machine.

I use DOS to generate a directory text listing
GWbasic or Qbasic to remove unwanted data and put the full path listing as a part of the file name
GWbasic or Qbasic to search thru the text finding files that I wish to be found (using another text file as a data file containing the names being searched)
GWbasic or Qbasic for each file it finds that matches it writes the code out as javascript to be run in a html page by IE.

the code being writen is as follows

if (fso.FileExists("xxx"))
{
fso.MoveFile("xxx", "new name");
}
new name is generated by basic which includes a squential number

my database file contains
folder name,unprocessed count,child count,clean count,hard count, (repeat last 3 counts), folder made, title name

the program is used to take new images downloaded by e-mail and scan the names of those files and seprate them into a different directory with sub-folders that match those names then it uses the new directory and file names to create html web-site pages.

if it wasn't for the longer names I could continue using GWbasic or even Qbasic, but I need the long names.

Any help toward imformation that could get me going in the right direction would be very apprecated.

I do have the Visual Basic 2005 express (currently downloading), I also have the Visual Basic .NET trial, which is giving me fits trying to figure out , I don't need nor want a form, like I said... I am a total dummy with visual basic.. got to start at very beginning.. some help would be nice.

thank you. 

-- 
William

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