[RESOLVED] Need some help with upgrading

[kxcntry99]

Everyone,

I am currently working with vb6 but I would like to upgrade to the latest and greatest version of vb. However, I am not sure what to go to. I know the vb.net is newer but is it the lastest? Also what about visual studio? It looks like visual studio has several different languages in it but I am having trouble finding info that compares and contrasts vb.net and visual studio.

If anyone has a recomendation I would appreciate it. In terms of what type of programming I will be doing, I do a lot of database work and I would like to start getting into PDA software. I think this last requirement forces me to visual studio but again, I am not sure.

Any recomendations would be helpful

[gavio]

Just to clear this, Visual Studio is a name for complete package (like Office is for Excel, Word...) for VB, C#, J++... and it existed before .NET - VB6 is a part of one.

[kxcntry99]

gavio thanks for getting back so quick...

so where should I go visual studio.net pro or just get a copy of vb.net? Are there any differences between the vb.net in the visual suite vs. the stand alone?

[Pasvorto]

You can get a free version of Visual Studio 2005 from M$. If you don't need the pro version... They have a comparison chart at M$ also. Visual Studio 2005 (VB2005) is the latest iteration.

[MartinLiss]

Moved.

[RobDog888]

These two links should tell you all you need to know. ;)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/

[kxcntry99]

Does anyone know if Visual Studio 2005 includes vb.net? Everywhere I look it just says that it includes VB but does go into if its the .net version or not. I would expect it to be since the 2005 seems to be the newest version of visual studio, but could someone confirm this?

thanks,

[si_the_geek]

Yes it is .Net.. for some reason MS has dropped the ".Net" part of the name from its products (including Visual Studio itself), which creates a fair amount of confusion.

[kxcntry99]

Thanks si I just want to be sure that if I lay out $300 bucks that I am getting what I want.

Thanks again, I will be posting soon in the .net section I am sure!