I know that I can download a copy of Visual Basic 2005 Express for free. My
question is this.....

I have Visual Basic 6.0 Professional and was wondering if anyone that has
used the packages can tell me if it would be better to go with Visual Basic
2005 expres or standard. Can you site reasons other than cost why one would
choose one verion over another?

"W C Hull"
<substitute1stInitial2ndInitialLastName51@hotmaill .com>'s
wild thoughts were released on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:08:53 GMT
bearing the following fruit:

>I know that I can download a copy of Visual Basic 2005 Express for free. My
>question is this.....
>
>I have Visual Basic 6.0 Professional and was wondering if anyone that has
>used the packages can tell me if it would be better to go with Visual Basic
>2005 expres or standard. Can you site reasons other than cost why one would
>choose one verion over another?

Your choice - as long as your aware that they are two
completely different languanges.

Most people don't have a choice, if you have a large VB6
code base then most are sticking with VB6, if your a new
programmer, most are going with 2005 (since it's getting
harder to obtain a copy of VB6)




Jan Hyde (VB MVP)

--
Belong: To take your time (Art. Moger)

To answer your question

The thing with .net is that you can write it in a text editor and still
access all the cl***es of the frame work so it's not like VB 6 where pro had
more controls then standard.

The difference is not so much what you can and can't do with the free
version it's more a case of missing the nice little features the full
version has plus flexibility in deployment options, reports and so on.

As the project files are compatible and you can run them both on the same PC
why choose? go get the free one and if you want more buy Visual Studio it
can open your express project without issue.

Jan's point is valid in that VB 2005 is not simply an upgrade from VB6 it's
a new way of thinking and VB6 experience can see you bumping into sharp
corners in .NET.

Having said that I must say I feel much more comfortable in VB 2005 then in
VB.NET 2002 /2003 Microsoft have done a lot to try and get the VB6 crowd on
side.

I am not sure how well that worked for them, it may be an interesting
thread, how many folk here still start NEW projects in VB6 ?

I know until recently I was, especially if it was something that needed to
be done quickly, simply because I knew how to do it VB6,

It was working in ASP.NET that brought me across because there are real
productivity gains there over cl***ic ASP.

Max










"Jan Hyde" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote in message
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> "W C Hull"
> <substitute1stInitial2ndInitialLastName51@hotmaill .com>'s
> wild thoughts were released on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:08:53 GMT
> bearing the following fruit:
>
>>I know that I can download a copy of Visual Basic 2005 Express for free.
>>My
>>question is this.....
>>
>>I have Visual Basic 6.0 Professional and was wondering if anyone that has
>>used the packages can tell me if it would be better to go with Visual
>>Basic
>>2005 expres or standard. Can you site reasons other than cost why one
>>would
>>choose one verion over another?
>
> Your choice - as long as your aware that they are two
> completely different languanges.
>
> Most people don't have a choice, if you have a large VB6
> code base then most are sticking with VB6, if your a new
> programmer, most are going with 2005 (since it's getting
> harder to obtain a copy of VB6)
>
>
>
>
> Jan Hyde (VB MVP)
>
> --
> Belong: To take your time (Art. Moger)
>