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  1. Oct 18th, 2006, 12:48 PM #1
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] Need some help with upgrading

    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
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    Re: Need some help with upgrading

    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.
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    Re: Need some help with upgrading

    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?
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    Re: Need some help with upgrading

    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.
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    Re: Need some help with upgrading

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    Re: Need some help with upgrading

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

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/
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    Re: Need some help with upgrading

    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?

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    Re: Need some help with upgrading

    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.
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    Re: Need some help with upgrading

    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!
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