Can I use .NET for non internet based applications

[WilliamMathias]

Hi,

I'm reasonally experienced in VB6 / VBA but I've no knowledge of .net.

CAn I produce normal COM objects, forms , database linking applications, with no internet element in VB.net?

Also if this is the case will the code run as fast?

Is VB.net interpreted?

thanks

 

[ThreePointer]

You can very much create stand alone client apps with VB.NET. Should you want to later link this standalone app to webservices it promises to be easy to do so.

COM is not intrinsic to .NET but you can continue to write components, using the .NET framework. Components built under this framework are called "Managed Code" and promise to relieve us from dll hell. You will be able to simply copy your program into a directory and run it. No more registering components.

.NET does support Com however. The transition from COM over to purely managed code will be a slow one. For instance, Microsoft SQL will still be COM based.

The language is not interpreted. It is compiled into intermediate language (IL) and distributed. It is then compiled once again on the user's machine to machine code. Once compiled to machine code. Thus, the first run will take a slight hit but after that subsequent runs should be fast.

I think it looks to be a great product.

Cheers

Terence