[RESOLVED] Difference between Standard and Professional Editions

[Trainman]

I need to get a copy of VB for work, and I need to tell the purchaser what to buy, but I can't figure out the difference between the Visual Studio Standard Edition and the Professional Edition except that the Pro Ed costs $500 more. What is the difference?

What I need to do is generate a VB front-end to an Access DB, so I only need the VB language. Can the Visual Studio be purchased with all of the troubleshooting tools, such as debugger, but only contain VB?

[gep13]

Have you had a look at the following:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...cz(VS.80).aspx

Although, based on what you have said, is this a commercial application, or is it something you are going to be using in house. Depending on what you budget is, have you considered the Express Editions?
Hope this helps!!

Gary

[Trainman]

The information from Microsoft is great! I spent 2 hours trying to find just that kind of compareson or get to a person without paying any money.

The application is just for an in-house process and will not be sold.

I still have 1 nagging question, so I guess it's stupid question time. Do you know if the Express Edition generates an executable?

Thanks for the quick reply.
David

[gep13]

That depends on what kind of project that you are creating, but the short answer is yes.

Assuming you are creating a Windows Forms Application, all the code will be compiled into an exe, which you can deploy and run on any windows platform that has the correct .Net Framework installed.

There are some limitations to the Express Editions, but from what you have described, I don't see you running into any straight away.

I would recommend downloading the Express Edition and having a play with it. Get a feel for what it can do, and if and when you run into something that it can't do, look into getting a full version. No sense forking out money if it isn't required.

Having said that, if you are going to go down the paid for route, maybe an MSDN subscription would be the best approach. Just a thought.

Gary

[Trainman]

Gary, Thanks for the help.