New to VB

theEclipse · Mar 4, 2000

Hello, I am looking to learn VB, and have some questions. 
 
1)What do I need to buy/download before I can program in VB? 
2)Is there a special enviroment that needs to be used to write the code, or can I use a plain text editor? 
3)What about books/and online information or tutorials, does anyone know any good ones? 
 
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DougP · Mar 4, 2000

NO VB is all inclusive. 
You want use it. 
To use something else defeats the purpose. 
You write your code in Sub routines. 
It has syntax checking and very good help. 
Just highlight a word an press F1 it wil bring up Help about that Command word. 
And as you type code in it, it checks and helps you along. 
When you are done you can click the Run button and test it. 
Or you can run it ant anytime. 
If there is a problem it will tell you and also provide further Help about the error. 
Also you can complile it to a .EXE so it will run from anywhere. 
So VB does everything you need to create, test and troubleshoot, and complete a program. 
Even create Install disks and Internet Installations 
 
Get VB6 Professional. 
She's on powerful Programming language 
That' why so many applications are written in it. 
 
and it comes in all of the Microsft Office Applications as (VBA) Visual Basic fo Applications. 
 
 
 DougP <a href=mailto: dposton@universal1.com> dposton@universal1.com</a> <a href= > </a>

edderic · Mar 5, 2000

<1)What do I need to buy/download before I can program in VB? 
 
Sp3 and VB6Fixer (ocx'en fixer ) 
 
Eric 
Eric De Decker <a href=mailto:vbg.be@vbgroup.nl>vbg.be@vbgroup.nl</a> <a href=

http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/VisualBasicCenter/>

Visual Basic Center</a>

theEclipse · Mar 5, 2000

Ok guys, I know that all makes sense to you, but what does it mean in the real world. 
 
1)where can i go to download these things? 
2)what do they call it? ------------/\ 
 
And the first reply really didn't make any sense to me. 
 
 
 
 
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Alt255 · Mar 5, 2000

I doubt that you could download VB6 Pro. Try a search on egghead.com. Sometimes you can find a good deal. If you are a student, you may qualify for a discount.

Misled · Mar 5, 2000

There are 3 versions of Visual Basic 6: Learning, Professional, and Enterpise. VB 6 also comes with Visual Studio. Visual Studio comes with Visual C++, VB6, Visual J++, and some other stuff too. Visual Basic requires win 95 or better, or windows NT. It is a program just like any other.You can make windows programs with the VB 6 program. You will be able to find Visual Basic at either classifieds2000.com or Ebay.com quite economically (try to get the latest version which is version 6. Version 5 will get you going, however). I learned VB from reading books. Start with what I call the "mechanics books" i.e. Using VB6, VB6 in 21 days etc. There are lots of them. I read "Using Visual Basic 6 platinum edition" from QUE (Books-A-Million and Amazon.com have them all). Once you have the mechanics figured out you will be wondering what object oriented programming is. Read "Doing Objects in VB6" by Deborah Kurata. Also read "Visual Basic Six Business Objects" by Rockford Lohtka. Both those are must read books. On the way you may need to read database books. There are lots of areas you can go into, such as the web.

theEclipse · Mar 5, 2000

Thanks, I think I can go from there theEclipse <a href=mailto: > </a> <a href=robacarp.webjump.com>robacarp.webjump.com</a>

Logit · Mar 6, 2000

The environment you need is VB5 or VB6 - these are the latest versions of VB. They cannot be downloaded - you must purchase your own copy. It is possible to program using only a text editor but there is now so much going on in VB that to do so would be archaic .... just stick with the program itself as it has its own editor. There are Educational Versions available for about $120 (US). There are volumes and volumes of books available from which you may learn programming. An inexpensive method is to look at the local discount book store. Most source code from VB4 and higher will work in VB6. Why spend lots of money for something that was already written for a previous version and still works ? If you will go to YAHOO or any other search engine on the Internet and search for "source code VB" the response you get will keep you busy for months ! 
 
Good luck !

theEclipse · Mar 6, 2000

If I type in some code for VB in notepad, how do I compile it? 
 
 
 
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Alt255 · Mar 6, 2000

VB 5&6 are integrated development environments. You would be much better off using the VB editor where you have syntax checking, decent help, and the ability to test your code on the spot or even create the cab files necessary to install your app on other systems.

MikeLacey · Mar 7, 2000

Copy and Paste from notepad to the editor in vb - use the integrated editor. 
 
Don't even think about compiling from the command line - it can be done but I don't know how - and have no plans to find out <grin>, not worth the trouble. 
 
Do you have a lot of code in notepad? Is your problem that you're moving an application from another version of basic? 
 
Mike 
 
Mike Lacey <a href=mailto:Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com>Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com</a> <a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a>

edderic · Mar 8, 2000

To eclipse (programmer?) 
 
Can you start VB5 or VB6.exe ? 
 
Eric 
Eric De Decker <a href=mailto:vbg.be@vbgroup.nl>vbg.be@vbgroup.nl</a> <a href=

http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/VisualBasicCenter/>

Visual Basic Center</a>

theEclipse · Mar 8, 2000

Where would I find those files? theEclipse <a href=mailto: > </a> <a href=robacarp.webjump.com>robacarp.webjump.com</a>

MikeLacey · Mar 9, 2000

You should be able to find them in the: 
 
"Programs/Microsoft Visual Basic [56].0" program groups 
 
-ml Mike Lacey <a href=mailto:Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com>Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com</a> <a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a>

calahans · Mar 9, 2000

Check out some of the computer magazines - they sometimes have a learning copy of VB for free (I got a VB4 once with Byte). 
 
If you can't get your hands on a copy of VB, and you have a copy of Microsoft Excel, 97 you can use this. Open Excel go to Tools/Macro/Visual Basic Editor. This will run a scaled down version of the VB editor - it can be used for programs and its realtively free! 
 
Also go to site <A HREF="

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb"

TARGET="_new">

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb</A>

for code samples. 
 
Cal

Karl Blessing · Mar 9, 2000

If you really jsut want to get an idea of a visual basic IDE in very simple (and i mean real simple) concept of doing a drag and drop, type in code, etc, see if you can find vb3(tho this is officially dead from years past, i've found it to be 400K at downloadble size, and for some reason people still like to distribute it tho illeagally) 

its also not y2k compilent probally why M$ offically caleld it deaD(ever wonder if they woulda kept some partial support if it was y2k compliant) Karl <a href=mailto:kb244@bellsouth.net>kb244@bellsouth.net</a> <a href=

http://kb244.8m.com>

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