where to find VB6.0

dose anyone know where to download VB6 :confused: :confused: :confused:

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I dont think there is anywhere you can download it from - as there were no free versions.

It is no longer available new, so you will need to get it second hand (possibly from somewhere like an auction web site). There is also a version that was avaiable with some VB6 books, so you may want to try to get that (it does not support creating executable files tho - it is just for learning).

Now VB6 (I assume) isn't available to buy in the shops, does that make it legal to download it? Or is there some sort of cooldown period before it becomes legal?

*Is* it unavailable, or is it just the support for it that MS have stopped? :-)

It is still under copyright, and therefore not legal to download. I don't know what period the copyright lasts for, but I would assume that it will outlast the usefulness of VB6 itself (such as when 64bit is required).

It hasn't been available to buy for several years - Microsoft stopped selling it when the first version of .Net came out.

here's a site that sells an OEM version - or check out ebay

you won't get a legal version for free though.