Buying VB6

[tc101]

Is this a good place to buy VB 6.0, and a reasonable price? Look at the one at the bottom of the page for $295.

If this is not a good deal, where would I find a better deal?

[RhinoBull]

You forgot to include link, I'm afraid...

[tc101]

Sorry, here it is:

http://www.dealtime.com/xGS-visual_basic_6.0_professional~r-1~CLT-INTR~RFR-www.google.com

[MartinLiss]

At this point unless you have a specific need for VB 6 you should invest your money in VB.Net

[tc101]

We need VB6. This is a product already written in VB6 that we will not convert any time soon. We have VB6 installed on one computer, but do not have a copy of it, so if that computer crashes we are in trouble.

[ZeBula8]

e-bay

[ZeBula8]

type 'visual basic 6 professional' as a search keyword -

i found some for as low as $32 bid right now...

[RhinoBull]

$32 eh... that's about 10 times less (at least) than average price for the Pro Edition, Enterprise would probably go for double the Pro's price.

Anyway, whatever you buy make absolutely sure that you're getting legitimate license and also the party that sells the software don't keep the copy of it.
Although it can be a legitimate license it could be one of those volume licenses that corps are buying so make sure you don't get copy of that - you need a single license package.
I don't know how would you verify that but that's a serious matter so just be very cautious about it.

Wish you best of luck. :wave:

[RobDog888]

You need to make sure you are getting an original copy of VB 6 and not a pirated one.

Moved

[RhinoBull]

...We have VB6 installed on one computer, but do not have a copy of it, so if that computer crashes we are in trouble.
Meantime you may consider imaging that machine so at least you have a copy that you can restore it from.

[RobDog888]

If you dont have the original CD then how did it get on there? If its a legal copy and you have the license or serial then you may contact MS for a replacement CD?

[tc101]

I don't know how it got on the machine. I don't know if it is a pirated copy. We want to get a legal copy. Is there any place anyone could recommend to get a legal copy without any of the problems mentioned in the previous posts?

[RobDog888]

Look for a seller that is offerine genuine ms software and is reputable. Online auctions are very possible of being pirated copies.

Here is the MS Genuine center link.
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx?displaylang=en

[Merrion]

If you are a dev shop you might look at getting MSDN Subscription?
This would allow you to download VB6 (and a load of other no longer for sale stuff - even VB 3.0 for the nostalgia freaks)
It is expensive - but if that is how you make a living it is worth buying.

[RobDog888]

Looks like the cheapest subscription with VS will be $1,199.00

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700832.aspx

Ps, Merion, DOS 6.22 old enough :D

[rory]

LOL .. $1200 for VB6 ..!!!

[RobDog888]

No, thats for VS.NET Pro and the MSDN but I dont believe VB 6 is available anymore.

[mendhak]

Anytime you are wondering if a certain website is a good place to buy something, look for reseller ratings or reviews of that website itself. Check out epinions.com, for example:

http://www.epinions.com/webs-Web_Services-All-Merchants-DealTime/display_~reviews

[Merrion]

VB6 is still available for download from Microsoft if you have an MSDN subscription...but $1200 is expensive unless you are likely to use the other 500 odd apps in the MSDN subscription.

[Harsh Gupta]

OEMSoftwareShack.com - VS 6 (http://store.oemsoftwareshack.com/mivi.html)
This seems to be a good deal, ankhsoft.com (http://www.ankhsoft.com/manufacturer-Microsoft.html)

[NotLKH]

This is a product already written in VB6 that we will not convert any time soon.

What does this single program of your do, if you don't mind my asking?

If it is so vital, I'd invest the time and money into converting it to .Net.

This way, you will be assured of years of support, AND you will be investing in your technical future as a developer.

[RobDog888]

I just wanted to point out that 2003 support is not indefinate and neither is 2005. The cycle seems to be ~5 years of mainstream support. So dont hold your breath for VB 6 to get any native support after the next OS after Vista.

If you make the move soon, by the time you are up and running with your new .NET app version VB 6 will more then likely not even run on the next OS. Might aas well bite the bullet now and have less pain upgrading vs upgrading later and it be worse.

[rory]

I just wanted to point out that 2003 support is not indefinate and neither is 2005. The cycle seems to be ~5 years of mainstread support. So dont hold your breath for VB 6 to get any native support after the next Os after Vista.

If you make the move soon, by the time you are up and running with your new .NET app version VB 6 will more then likely not even run on the next OS. Might aas well bite the bullet now and have less pain upgrading vs upgrading later and it be worse.
perhaps its not his profession .. in that case $1200 would be a silly amount of money to spend ..

[RobDog888]

Well if you consider the amount of time that will be spent converting the app to .NET, it will probably be allot less then if he tries to buy VB6 and support the app under it.

In the long run, .NET is more beneficial in just about every single way. Either change with the times/technology or be left behind.

[rory]

he said they are not converting it. like win 98, XP will be around for years to come also.. remember it is an existing app.

[RobDog888]

98 is almost non existant and both 98 and ME arent supported anymore.

See my recent post on OS support
http://vbforums.com/showpost.php?p=2716024&postcount=21

[rory]

98 is almost non existant and both 98 and ME arent supported anymore.

See my recent post on OS support
http://vbforums.com/showpost.php?p=2716024&postcount=21
who needs support ..? it works.. :wave:

never had to call Ms for any form of tech support for any of their software..
been using since Win95.

[RobDog888]

Out of all my clients up to current ones, only a very small percentage were running 98 and then it was only a few out of hundreds at their place of business. By now they have all upgraded to at least 2000 and 95% or so are running XP SP2.

98 is almost 10 years old and cant run .NET apps or the framework stabe enough to keep them around. ME is a nightmare. I doubt you will find any new software for sale that supports 98 and its low memory support.

[RobDog888]

You can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink. If he doesnt drink then he will eventually die of dehydration.

:wave:

[rory]

depends, maybe he isnt a horse :wave:

[NotLKH]

Hmmm.

So all he needs is a PC with VB6 for furthur development/Debugging?

After all, he doesn't need VB6 for his Exe to run, just a decent installation package for his exe.


The cheapest route would be to canvas the local libraries to see which of them have it installed, and in case of an emergancy, go there for any VB6 development he needs.

[RobDog888]

I havent seen VB installed at any public facility. If you start planning the upgrade to .NET now, when you do hit something that will need support (unique to someones config or use) then you can say its being fixed in the upgrade. :)

[mendhak]

ME was much better than 98 anyway..

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