Ohh yeah can someone please tell me what kind of stuff Visual Basic can do?
I thought all programming languages do the same thing only diff is easy to use and more powerful. But I guess I was wrong they only do certain things.
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Ohh yeah can someone please tell me what kind of stuff Visual Basic can do?
I thought all programming languages do the same thing only diff is easy to use and more powerful. But I guess I was wrong they only do certain things.
Visual basic is kinda like a melding of flash and well basic.Quote:
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Ohh yeah can someone please tell me what kind of stuff Visual Basic can do?
I thought all programming languages do the same thing only diff is easy to use and more powerful. But I guess I was wrong they only do certain things.
you can create object in a GUI environment (like draw a "OK" button in
a window) and then you assign actions to that button . "On "buttonDown" do
x + y and display result in textBox". It also
has really easy access into some of Microsoft's other products
like Access and excel. It also has a little installer creator so you
can create a kinda of setup.exe that will place all the dll's that
the application is dependant on. All in all, it's good for simpler personal projects (like
maybe an mp3 organizer or a basic time organizer) but I would stay away from
more complex projects with it. It's not very robust and it's kinda bloated.
Honestly, though, I find it fun to program with. You just have to learn it limitations.
And you will once you work with it.
What I really want to do is to program soem decent Chemistry software (Most of it has rather poor UI's and some are just awful)
But that's a long term aim, in the short term I need skills for web applications.
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Thanks man I just ordered a Visual Basic 6 book from Amazon.com last night so hopefully I can create some cool stuff.
Do you by chance know the diff. when they upgrade from like Version 5 to 6? I mean what could they upgrade?
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Originally posted by Snoop Dogg:
Thanks man I just ordered a Visual Basic 6 book from Amazon.com last night so hopefully I can create some cool stuff.
Do you by chance know the diff. when they upgrade from like Version 5 to 6? I mean what could they upgrade?
The main differences between 5 and 6 is that in six it has the ability to interface with Oracle and SQL server. It used to be only able to interface with Access.
It also has a new thing called WebClasses which i guess interface easy with web pages.
Honestly, I'd cancel your amazon order. You can find tons of resources on the internet. And many times, one book just won't suffice so you'll be doing it anyways.
[This message has been edited by Klashe (edited January 02, 2001).]
Visual Basic is just that, it's basic. But it's also powerful (under MS OSes) since it has full access to the Win32 API (that's getting complicated though).
VB is also the scripting language for all of MS Office. That includes Word, Excel, and Access macros and functions. This cross-software language portability is very powerful.
Anyway, I teach a VB class for math students at a local college, and the book I used this year was great. It had all the basics, but it also covered the more advanced topics.
The title is: Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 Online in Web Time (I know, it's chessy, web time???).
Here's a link to Amazon if you would like more info: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...965545-3646145
Let me know if you have any questions.
Peter
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