Run VB6 as a stand-alone programme 3

[rj51cxa]

I am trying to improve my knowledge of Visual Basic, using various programming guides, all of which refer to "starting visual basic" and selecting "Standard.EXE". My computer is running Windows XP and Office 2003, and I can only seem to open VB from within an application such as Access or Excel which are using VB 6.3. However, when I open VB from within one of these applications, I cannot find "Standard.EXE" or anything similar.

Am I missing something here? I want to follow the instructions in the book but I seem to have a problem getting started.

Is there a way of starting VB as a stand alone programme, or should I be approaching the whole problem from a different direction? Any help would be much appreciated.

Best Regards
John

 

[BobRodes]

<using VB.Net seems to me like learning another language.

You are perceptive.

 

[dilettante]

>Many people have requested better Vista compatibility

I'm curious about this. What kinds of compatability? So far it seems as compatible as VS2008 aside from things like WCF and WPF and those exist in XP too.