Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard 4

[Mutley123]

I'm in the process of migrating from a VB6 background to VB.NET. I'm thinking of buying Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard edition to syudy for the vb.net exam. Its a lot cheaper than the other versions and I was wondering how useful it actually is. For example, will it make EXE files and does it contain any help.

Thanks

Mutley123

 

[DotNetDoc]

If you take a VB.Net class at a local community college ( classes are usually pretty cheap) The you can buy the full Visual Studio for about 99 dollars from the school. (They sell the software at a discounted student rate)


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[intrex]

You can also get vs.net on ebay. Many times in an unopened box. I got a copy for about 80 bucks.

 

[GMcNamara]

My understanding was that the VS.NET Student Edition was not a full version. Some functionality is missing, though I can't recall what. It is probably sufficient for studying for the exam though.

 

[intrex]

All of the functionallity for the development ide is exactly the same. The only differences are the included software. VS.Net Pro (or whatever they call it) comes with win2000 server, SQL server, Exchange server, and probably a few other goodies. The academic version is just the development platform.

 

[RebeccaLynn]

VS.net Standard is very useful for making stand alone apps and web services. You can not make dll files with it, but you can make exe files. The use for which you talk about, it would be just fine. It has everything you need at this time.

You will find VB.net works a lot differently from VB 6, but it is well worth the effort.


Becca

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[intrex]

Rebecca,

Can you really not make dlls with vs.net standard? You can make them with academic.

 

[RebeccaLynn]

Nope, can't. 2003 standard does not have the ability to compile to a library class, what can I say. I'll be gald when I can get my new enterprise version installed. You'd think spending all that money you'd get a program that accually works, but mine came with a bad cd so have to wait for them to replace it.



Becca

Somtimes, the easy answer is the hardest to find.

Still under construction ...

http://webpages.charter.net/rlmsoft

 

[chrissie1]

becca if you want to make dll's with standard you need to be ceative. you can still make dll's with the command line compiler (vbc.exe). the only thing I really miss is a good reportingtool, if you buy vs.net you get crystal reports.net wich is better then nothing but still not very good.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium
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[RebeccaLynn]

Thanks chrissie. Now I just have to figure out how the command line complier works, lol


Becca

Somtimes, the easy answer is the hardest to find.

Still under construction ...

http://webpages.charter.net/rlmsoft