[RESOLVED] Need VB6 urgently!!

[aster245]

hey guys, my pc got formatted, and i need VB6 urgently, so can anyone tell me where i can find a free download link for it, its out in all stores where i live(UAE), plz help!

[JayCR]

downloading it is pretty much illegal, even if you have your own license key there are a lot of things to be desired, do you not have the original installation media?

[JayCR]

Just been looking this up, there is no legal way to download VB6, even if you do have your own license key. if you purchased the product legally, then you should have some form of installation media, even if you purchased to download it, you hopefully will have made a backup of the installation file.

The only way you are going to get Visual Basic for free is if you download Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition (http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/Default.aspx) for free. If you do want to download that, you have to remember it is based on vb.net and not vb6.

Unfortunately, as far as legality goes, you cannot attain a copy of vb6 without a genuine license key, and some for of genuine media, as I said, either the original installation disk, or if you did a "pay and download" then you should have backed up, if you didnt, then this could be a very expensive lesson!

[westconn1]

try ebay or amazon

[RobDog888]

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[RhinoBull]

Just been looking this up, there is no legal way to download VB6, even if you do have your own license key.

Yes, there is - you have to be MSDN susbscriber to get access to "legal" downloads.
Subscriptions however aren't cheap.

[JayCR]

I stand corrected on that front, thanks RhinoBull! it is a shame about the subsciption fees.

[aster245]

ya they are really high, but i boaght it through amazon, thnx for passing by!

[RhinoBull]

it is a shame about the subsciption fees.

Not really, depending on your subscriptions type you may get access to sooo much stuff so every penny you invest would probably be worth a dollar.

[Campion]

even if you purchased to download it, you hopefully will have made a backup of the installation file.

Given how old that VB6 is, and the technology at the time when they stopped printing it, I'm not sure anyone would put up downloading 700+MB of data on a 56k modem.

[aster245]

who said i have a 56k modem?i have broadband with a down speed of 112kbps

[Campion]

It's not what you have now, but what you would have had in 1998 when VB6 was released, and packaged.

Given that broadband was not around then, and that the most speed anyone could get outside of a T1 line, was around 144kbps ISDN line, which in and of itself was too expensive for most people, plus, given that VB6 was distributed on a CD, plus another 2 CDs for the MSDN library, I highly doubt anyone in 1998 would have wanted to put up with the time and effort of downloading 2.1 GB of information if it was indeed downloadable for use.

[aster245]

oh yes, im so sorry but im 15 years old and just started learning vb i suppose downloading it isnt a problem for me. so im sorry ,and no offence freind.:D

[RhinoBull]

It's not what you have now, but what you would have had in 1998 when VB6 was released, and packaged.

Given that broadband was not around then, and that the most speed anyone could get outside of a T1 line, was around 144kbps ISDN line, which in and of itself was too expensive for most people, plus, given that VB6 was distributed on a CD, plus another 2 CDs for the MSDN library, I highly doubt anyone in 1998 would have wanted to put up with the time and effort of downloading 2.1 GB of information if it was indeed downloadable for use.

What are trying to say? That VB6 wasn't available in 1998 for download? Heck it was!
At work we had T1 and those who needed at home would download it over night - it may get disconnected but you could resume from the point it stoped.
And I still don't see any point in your post. :confused:

[Campion]

What are trying to say? That VB6 wasn't available in 1998 for download? Heck it was!
At work we had T1 and those who needed at home would download it over night - it may get disconnected but you could resume from the point it stoped.
And I still don't see any point in your post. :confused:

The post was in response to his saying he has broadband, as opposed to my previous post saying that downloading was not a viable option when the vast majority of people had 56K back in 1996, which when calculated would have been 86 hours on a GOOD telephone line.

[RhinoBull]

He's searching for download in 2009 therefore your comments really made no sense what so ever.
Anyway, it's quite off topic so I'm off.

[JayCR]

Given how old that VB6 is, and the technology at the time when they stopped printing it, I'm not sure anyone would put up downloading 700+MB of data on a 56k modem.

True I suppose, I guess it all depends when it was purchased, and wether or not it was downloaded or bought, but as aster has bought a copy of amazon, "all is good in t'e hood"!

[Jenner]

Still, I'd junk VB6 and go download VB.NET 2008. It's easier, it's more powerful, it's more fun, it's newer, and it's free.

If you're learning VB, learn modern VB, not some 10 year old language that Microsoft has long since turned off any serious support for.

[Charlie Stallings]

vb.net is free?

[si_the_geek]

The simplest edition is, from: www.microsoft.com/Express

It has fewer features than the paid-for editions, but it is more than enough for many people.

[Jenner]

Yea, VB Express 2008 has 99% of what most programmers need. The only advantage you get with a paid edition is Crystal Reports and Setup Projects, and even those are arguable. You can just buy Crystal Reports separately (you'd get a newer version anyways); or one of the alternative reporting packages, like the DevExpress one, and there are alternatives to setup projects, such as ClickOnce and InnoSetup; which are also both free.