Ancient QuickBasic retired programmer needs help with VB6

[TAGPC]

Hello Friends, Can anyone PLEASE HELP me.
I wrote a large programme some years ago using Quick Basic.
I am in the process of trying to update it to VB6 but due to my age
and lack of brain power now am finding it very difficult.

The programme has to perform the following actions.
1: Enter numeric data (24 data Items)
2: Perform calculations based on the input data,calculate the data to
produce results on a seperate form. View the results.
3: Give option after calculations to change any input data and view
the results again.
4: Print the data and then file data and calculated results.
5: Have the ability to recall the file to display & recalculate if
required.
6: at a later stage I would like to call all the files, and total the
results and print and save to a seperate file.

I know this may be asking a lot, but I have been trying to get my
head round this for over a year now, and I am no further forward.
An example would be a great help as I still do not understand all the
VB terminology.

 

[ViperGTS]

Hi TAGPC!
Quick Basic - wow! That was a long time . . . I know that there are still guys using QBasic to create and modify game platforms but as for what you ask . . .I do not know.
I will continue to look about and see what I can come up with - hopefully some of the other folks here are doing the same.
Good luck!!
Regards,

ViperGTS

 

[cyberbiker]

I am far from the brightest star around here, but my suggestion is to purchase the book "Teach yourself Visual Basic6 in 24 Hours" from Sams Publishing. The book handles the basics of VB6 pretty well and a weekend spent cramming should give the basics you will need. Chapters 15 and 16 handle what you are asking, but I would suggest that you read the entire book at least to that point.
There are probably "better" books around, but this one is easy to follow, but still provides enough information to be useful.
I still use my copy when I get twisted around and need to refresh my understanding of a basic concept.
Good luck Terry (cyberbiker)

 

[unborn]

check out free-ed.net .... they have that sams book here if im correct and if not it is still a book ... hope it helps in the begining man created code.
in the end code will create man.
clones are coming only matter of time.
examples?

http://planetsourcecode.com

 

[MichaelRed]

TAGPC,

This is NOT a promise to complete the project, but if you send the QBasic program, I will see if I can "easily" convert it to VB6. I have done a large conversion frrom VB DOS to VB6 recently, and many of the 'features' (of qBasic AND vb dos) are similar, I also did a program for another party which sounds similar to your process description, so some of the GUI components may be re-uesable. Since the piker didn't pay for the effort, I have NO PROBLEM in using the material for someone else.

MichaelRed
m.red@att.net

There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it over

 

[TAGPC]

Hi Friends, many thanks for advice Cyberbiker and unborn, but I have a problem retaining new Information that I read, I have many books, but the old brain cells do not work as well as they should these days.
Mike, many thanks for your offer, but I do have a problem in that I cannot release the original code as it contains restricted information that for security (MOD) reasons I cannot let others see. Would it be ok if I wrote a small QB program that performed all the function I need, and then if you were able to convert that to VB6 would give me the example I need.
Basicaly I could manage it if I had a example showing the steps I need to take. The example need not be complicated at all. eg:

Step 1:
Create a screen to input 3 numeric data items and the option to continue

Step 2:
Make a calculation using the input data.

Step 3:
Create a screen to display the calculated results, with the option to go back to Step 1 and change an input and another option to file the 3 Inputs and the calculated results.

This may sound easy to all the whizz kids on the block, but I am finding learning VB6 so difficult at my advanced years.
Many thanks everyone... Tony