Difference between Express and VS 2005 and old editions

[Peon]

I think Express would be fine because its free.

but what are its major differences?

How do you compare them based on your experience.

Thank You.

[circuits2]

It depends on how new you are to VB and how complex your applications will be. MSDN has answers to your specific questions on the Express website. However, it doesn't cost you anything to check out the Express version and see if it has the capabilities you require. Also, you might try searching the forum before posting a question because this one has been answered many times before.

[Peon]

I have habit to search before post.

But perhaps i was not able to find exact answers

[Aspnot]

You can do most things for many applications with the Express version. I have an app that I am writing that is already over 170K lines of code and I am using Express for it. I really just depends on what types of applications you plan to write.

To list some of the things I cannot do with Express:
- Cannot write Compact Framework applications
- Cannot create datasets with the GUI off of a remote database
- Cannot use any add-ins

Check out this link http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...xz(VS.80).aspx

[RobDog888]

Check these two for the differences of the editions in an easy to read chart.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700833.aspx

And

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700921.aspx

[Aspnot]

I just now was looking for information about setting up Global #Const values (another thread here) and discovered that they are not offered in the Express version, either.

Looks like it is finally time for me to spend some money and get the real version.