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  1. Sep 18th, 2007, 04:52 AM #1
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    Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Is VB6 still popular or is VB.NET better ???

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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    On its way out? It's been in the dustbin for a while mate.
  3. Sep 18th, 2007, 05:03 AM #3
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Quote Originally Posted by arunb
    Is VB6 still popular or is VB.NET better ???

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    VB6 is way more popular especially here
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    You could've just done a search on this. It's been discussed to death, resurrected in the form of a zombie and then beaten down again.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Seriously though, it's still used a lot (mostly in existing applications rather than new development) but no longer supported by Microsoft. In answer to the question: yes and yes.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Quote Originally Posted by arunb
    Is VB6 still popular or is VB.NET better ???
    This is two questions.

    One: Is VB6 still popular?

    Two: Is VB.NET better?

    For both I would answer Yes.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    And for your next Question: Yes!

    Thats assuming its "Should i stay with VB6 or VB.NET?"
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    VB6 was a nice language, but there's no point in using it now that VB2005 Express is free. A lot of the language is the same, but the usage is different and the possibilities are far greater. In my view, anyone who insists on using VB6 is just too stubborn to move forward with the times.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Quote Originally Posted by timeshifter
    In my view, anyone who insists on using VB6 is just too stubborn to move forward with the times.
    And that is true of companies as well as people.

    The only reason I got this company to move to .NET was that I convinced them their VB6 apps wouldn't work under VISTA. If not for that, I would still be doing all VB6 coding.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    I have all new development being done using VB2005. My legacy apps (VB6) are just too big for one man to tackle while doing everything else, so they are, for the time being, staying in VB6.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Ha Ha Ha I know the answer, I was just checking if the moderators were active on this forum...it seems they were

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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    We're not really.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Quote Originally Posted by timeshifter
    VB6 was a nice language, but there's no point in using it now that VB2005 Express is free.
    It's not, if you need something more than the free version. And, if you're using VB in a professional environment, learning curves are VERY expensive.
    The most difficult part of developing a program is understanding the problem.
    The second most difficult part is deciding how you're going to solve the problem.
    Actually writing the program (translating your solution into some computer language) is the easiest part.
    Please indent your code and use [HIGHLIGHT="VB"] [/HIGHLIGHT] tags around it to make it easier to read.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Quote Originally Posted by penagate
    Seriously though, it's still used a lot (mostly in existing applications rather than new development) but no longer supported by Microsoft.
    That's not true AFAIK.

    Support was going to be stopped fairly shortly (2008 I think) but this has now been delayed until 2011.

    In terms of the job market, I am finding that an employer is more likely to need a .Net person who knows VB6 rather than the other way round.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Support for the runtime library was extended to the lifetime of Windows Vista.
    Support for the development environment ended in 2005.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Quote Originally Posted by timeshifter
    In my view, anyone who insists on using VB6 is just too stubborn to move forward with the times.
    Then most of those who take part in this forum are "just too stubborn to move forward with the times". See the numbers of visitors per language in the attached Jpeg file.
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Quote Originally Posted by timeshifter
    In my view, anyone who insists on using VB6 is just too stubborn to move forward with the times.
    My school still uses VB5....
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    Re: Is VB6 on its way out to the dustbin ??

    Thread closed before this becomes yet another VB6 vs. VB.NET debate.
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