Where can i buy Visual Basic 6?

[john42]

I would like to buy a new or used Visual Basic 6 professional/Enterprice with a license. Does anyone know where i can get one? Right know i´m looking at ebay, but no luck so far. :(

[RhinoBull]

Hopefully here:

http://bizrate.lycos.com/buy/products__cid--309,key--Visual%20Basic%206.html

Good luck. :wave:

[techgnome]

Try also eBay and CDW, and Programmer's Paradise. They may still have some around.

Tg

[Mike Stefanik]

You may find some copies of Professional in old stock. The only other way to get it is to purchase an MSDN subscription; it includes Visual Studio 6.0.

[Jacob Roman]

You can get it free legally if you are a college student. Plus theres plenty of other software they can hook you up with for free, such as Visual Studio 2003 .NET Pro, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Pro, etc. I love school.

[Mike Stefanik]

Yup, as much as folks like to decry Microsoft as Evil(tm), most of their software is available as Academic versions which are either free or extremely inexpensive. Schools can buy a version of MSDN (which has everything but Microsoft Office) which costs about $800 per department and allows unlimited redistribution to students. Even with multiple departments, it's nothing for a university to spend a few thousand dollars so that their students get the latest and greatest for free.

Of course, Microsoft doesn't do it purely out of the goodness of their hearts. They know that the more students they can get using their tools, particularly .NET, the better off they are down the road. AT&T basically did the same thing with UNIX back in the late 70s and 80s, before Linux and FreeBSD hit the streets.

Get 'em into the cult when they're young, and they're yours forever. :)

[RobDog888]

You cant get VB 6 or VS 6 from M$ anymore even if you buy a MSDN subscription. Its all about .NET now. :thumb: :D

[dglienna]

I doubt the schools will keep it up for much longer. It's all about Net for them, too. My friend couldn't get it last semester. She got a care package with everthing but, though. Acedemic version of Net, though.

[Mike Stefanik]

I just checked and it is included. My company gets the MSDN Universal Subscription and Visual Studio 6 is included on disc 2435.4 (May 2005).

[RobDog888]

Yes, for pre-existing subscriptions but how about new ones? I dont this so since they are no longer supporting it?

Just verified that it does come in new subscriptions but probably like the Note states - "By request only".

MSDN Subscriptions (http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/subscribers/compare/)

But what a price to pay for an 9 year old development envirement.

[RobDog888]

:eek: $2,199 US for Enterprise version! Universal is the only way to go :thumb: $2,799 US :cry:

Glad its my company that pays for it and not me. :D

[Mike Stefanik]

How true.

Actually, VB6 is still supported; it's in the "extended support" phase, which means that if you want support you have to pay for it, but they'll still talk to you. I think it reaches its end of life in 2008 and the VB6 runtime will be officially dead when XP reaches its end of life.

Ah, the power of Google... just searched for "vb6 extended support"
http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/archive/2005/03/11/394305.aspx

So, rather than saying that classic VB is dead, just say it's on life support. :)

[john42]

How about this (http://www.bizrate.com/rd?http://DirectDepot2U.com/item.asp?PID=463!!b_id=18&bamt=00925530d70da29f&cat_id=309&mid=103797&oid=294975947&pdlid=101004326001&pos=1&ppr=7b14878ff5a96c55&prod_id=5295009&token_id=12&xfer=BAYEMTIzNAQEBAgDBgAAAAqqX3RpbWUlM0ElM0FzdGFydF90aW1lJTNEMTExNzAwNzk1NSUzQnRp%0AbWVzdGFtcCUzRDEx MTcwMDc5NTYlN0N0cmFja2VyJTNBJTNBX2lzX3dhbGtfaW4lM0QwJTNCaHRj%0AbnQlM0QyJTNCcmYlM0R3bGslM0JzZWFyY2hfY 2lkJTNEMzA5JTNCc2VhcmNoX2tleXdvcmQlM0RW%0AaXN1YWwlMjBCYXNpYyUyMDYFAAAAX2RhdGEKEjExMTY5NzE2OTQzODExNj YxMQIAAABicgiLCgAA%0AAF9icmFuZF9pbnQKEWJpenJhdGUubHljb3MuY29tCQAAAF9ob3N0bmFtZQpeX0VYUElSRVMmJTJC%0A MTB5Jl9CUiYxMTE2OTcxNjk0MzgxMTY2MTEmX0hBU0gmMzM1ZGUzMDA4YWIxMmFkNTc2MTAyMWZl%0AMjNjZTY1ZjUmX1RJTUUmM TExNzAwNzk1NQgAAAB1c2VyX2tleQoKMzU1NTk2MjkxOAkAAABzZXNz%0AaW9uaWQ%3D%0A). It comes with a OEM-license tho.

"Microsoft OEM products are sold with hardware, in order to abide with the license agreements established by the software manufacturers SKU: 203-00768"

Does this mean that the license is no good if it isn´t sold with hardware? :confused:

[ccoder]

"Microsoft OEM products are sold with hardware, in order to abide with the license agreements established by the software manufacturers SKU: 203-00768"

Does this mean that the license is no good if it isn´t sold with hardware? :confused:
My last OEM license for Windows 2000 Pro was shipped with a CD-to-soundcard cable, aka hardware. ;)

[john42]

I´ve notised that most of the people that sells their Visual Basic doesn´t know if it comes with a license or not. Do you guys know if this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7157801917&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1) is a version of Visual Basic that comes with a good license? I want to be 100% sure that i get a good license so i don´t get into trouble with Microsoft. :wave:

[dglienna]

This looks good. < $30

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/specs.aspx?EDC=482872

[RobDog888]

The Media kits do not include a License number. They are for when you buy volume licensing you dont get the CDs for all licenses,
only purchase one media kit to all you to do the physical instaallation.

For ex. if you purchased a volume license for 100 seats you would only get the paper certificate specifying the EULA and # of seats. Then you
have to purchase a media kit to run the installation. Then when it prompts you for the license # you enter your volume license # and repeat for
each install, the same lic #.

Its a way to reduce the cost of purchasing allot of copies without getting 100 physical CD copies.

[dglienna]

So, it's useless unless you have a media license, or will any license # work (for instance a lost cd?)

[RobDog888]

I believe any will work but they may have made it only accept volume license numbers. They are a different series. I cant verify or
deny but back then I dont think they had the technology to do that but ???

[dglienna]

Well, he doesn't need it anymore. He rolled back the system and the restore point fixed the problem.

[RobDog888]

Are you being psychic or something? I dont see that in the thread?
If so then how come he couldnt post that himself?

[dglienna]

I was talking about BrailledSchool, and his thread today. I kind of hijacked the thread. Sorry.

[asmdev]

search google for "Mswnsk98.chm" and you would found a site which over the full download of Visual Studio 6