Looking for work (VB 6.0)

[Gamemaster1494]

I am a VB 6.0 programmer. (i can do almost anything with vb 6 as someone with vb 2008.) I have made 1 fully working game, allong with working on others. I dont know a lot of things, but i can find them out quickly. Im trying to raise money for my group so we can start our own company. I will try my best at anything i can. I have made a prototype of a character moving by keypress, and makeing another smoother version, so baisicly, im good at making games. I know how to:

• Loop and load music files
  Use keys on keyboard to do functions
  Use loops
  how to make images transparent (very good for games)
  Use moduals
  Make a text to speech program
  And more.

Im also learning how to make save files for the player and learning some vb 2008.
Thanks for reading.
~GM1494

[Nightwalker83]

While I think there would still be work available for Visual Basic 6.0 I think you should update your skills to VB 2008 to give yourself an advantage at getting a programming job.

[Gamemaster1494]

The problem is that im best at vb and I dont have the money to upgrade. I have made games in the past with vb and I can help with more. Im not desperate, but I would like one.

[si_the_geek]

VB2008 is free: www.microsoft.com/Express (this edition has limited features, but they are so generous that I seriously doubt it will be a problem)
Due to your level of experience, switching your knowledge over should be quite easy.


There isn't much work for VB6 any more, because it is so far out of date (it was replaced 8 years ago) and is no longer supported. There will be even less as time goes on.

In addition to that, most of the work goes to people who have been doing it professionally for about 10 years already.

[Gamemaster1494]

so wait, VB2008 is free???? really? what do you mean by limited features?

[Nightwalker83]

so wait, VB2008 is free???? really? what do you mean by limited features?

No, only the Express version is free see the link si_the_geek posted. Limited features means that you need to have a full version in order to use all the features that the program has to offer.

[si_the_geek]

Indeed... but most (or even all) of the features you are missing out on will not matter to you.

They include things like:

• unit testing tools and code profilers (which can be useful, but you can do the same manually if you get the urge),
• using multiple languages inside the same editor (with Express you need separate [free] programs for C#, C++, etc),
• and being able to develop applications for Windows Mobile (for phones and PDA's).

[Gamemaster1494]

does it still have all the features that i use in vb6 with it? dose it use the same language?

[si_the_geek]

does it still have all the features that i use in vb6 with it?

Probably, but it obviously depends on what features you use in VB6.

Based on a few of your posts in various threads, I doubt there is anything you use that it doesn't include.

dose it use the same language?

Not quite, but it is fairly close - and in many ways it is better.

Several things that are very hard to do in VB6 are are very simple in .Net, such as menu icons - which goes from hundreds of lines of API based code in VB6 to nothing in VB.Net

[Gamemaster1494]

Ok. Ill download that then.

I can still do good in vb6 though. I can make games and do cutsceans and such.