Re: VB or?

Earl,

Yeah, the group here has been on quite a spin lately. Don't take it
personal - they seem to get into spit-fights around here a lot. I haven't
said much, just watched the fun.

As for your original question; you would find *either* VB6 (if you want to
look on eBay you can probably still find it) or the .Net "Express" editions
@ Microsoft for free. As has been pointed out, they are two very different
languages but the dialect is close enough that you could learn to work with
either one. I code in both VB6 and VB.Net on a daily basis and while they
are different there is enough similar about them that allows you to work in
both places comfortably. There are features about both of them that I like.

If you're simply tinkering, though, don't want to spend the bucks and don't
already have VB6 then definitely get a copy of "Express". It's very well
put together and the price is definitely right.

If you're going to just enter the programming field [again] you might as
well enter at the current level of the technology. VB6 definitely rocks and
will be around for a long time - I'll continue using it myself, but if a new
developer asks me which one to "start" with now I would point him at VB.Net
(or even C# if he wants to stay with a C-Like dialect). Don't carry a torch
for either platform, they both have their strengths and weaknesses.

Regards,

-bruce

"Earl Partridge" <earlpNG@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks to Saga and Howard for some honest feedback. I am at a complete
loss to understand what in my original post caused such a storm of
completely
unrelated discussions. I am who I said I am, and as I indicated, I have
been out
of touch with the VB stuff for many years and was simply trying to find
some
helpful pointers.

I am Earl Partridge, I live in Georgia, but not Duluth. I find it rather
disappointing
to see and read attacks on someone who does not measure up to the expert
level that others appear to claim.

Earl



"Mike Williams" <mikea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Access 97 is quite obsolete and use a VBA based
on VB5. You would be better off with a more recent
version of Office that uses a VBA based on VB 6.

But don't get Office 2007. It is a load of rubbish and it runs like a pig
in treacle. Actually VBA is next on the "hit list". The Macro recorder
has been the first to go, as a kind a "test" to see what reaction it
gets. Micro$oft desperately want to ditch VBA but they are worried about
the after effects of removing the bosses "toy" in case he cancels the
main contract, hence the "toe in the water" test.

Mike







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