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Where to get VB6 cheaply?

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  • 09-09-2006 9:11pm
    #1
    Podge29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭


    Was just wondering if anybody knows where i could get VB6 for my laptop at a cheap price?


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    rogue-entity
    Registered Users Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    My advice, dont bother with VB6 at all, head on over to: http://***n.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/ and download the free Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for free.


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    damnyanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    Why is the start of that filtered out


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    damnyanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    *** ???


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    aidan_walsh
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    rogue-entity wrote:
    My advice, dont bother with VB6 at all, head on over to: http://***n.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/ and download the free Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for free.
    Of course, VB6 could be a requirement, and thus "get .Net" is a useless answer.
    Why is the start of that filtered out
    ***N. Curious.


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    rogue-entity
    Registered Users Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    Aidan, AFAIK, Microsoft neither sell nor support Visual Basic 6. Therefore you cannot legally aquire Visual Studio 6 from them. There are two choices:

    1. Get a copy Of VB.net (express edition is free but downloads stop on the 1st November).
    2. Get a copy of Visual Studio 6 from someone willing to sell their copy.

    VB .net will compile and run VB 6 programmes, but generally it will convert them where the syntax has changed. Really, colleges should drop any VB 6 modules in their courses and switch over to .net, especially as they can aquire the express editions (which are free in perpetuity).

    I have Visual Studio Express, all bar the ASP.net Developer studio because I code in PHP and XHTML/CSS so as to avoid IE-Only technology.


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