Visual Basic 7

[Sophtware]

I was wondering if anyone who knows can tell me when vb7 is due for relese? And what differences it will have over vb6?
Thanks.

[compuGEEK]

I was at the Chicago VBITS conference and from what I gathered they estimate it will be released sometime in the first quarter of next year.

It has better support for threading, and there is a totally new Error handling paradigm.
Along with all the inevitable new database stuff (yawn).

[billrogers]

it also will have inheritance.

[parksie]

woo hoo!!

I also heard it was coming out sometime in 2001.

its also got polymorhpism,
which is something like this

Public Sub MySub(MyInt As Integer, MyInt2 As Integer)
Text1 = MyInt + MyInt2
End Sub


and


Public Sub MySub(MyStr As String, MyStr2 As String)
Text1 = MyStr & MyStr2
End Sub

those would be 2 completely different sub's
and they would be perfectly legal(by legal I mean, it will work, and wont generate an error)

I cant wait until the release of VB7

Here's Microsoft's site about the next Visual Studio.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/nextgen/

[wittmsv]

The way I heard it was that it would have a lot more low-level functionality -- a lot more like C has.

It should be out early next year, but the beta version will probably be available much sooner.

Ok the demo we got showed how to create ecommerce stuff. Way cool, inline building of Web Pages etc as just another project type. Auto generation of XML code etc. Am drooling over my keyboard in anticipation...whilest my HTML/Java workmates are looking sick.......

Also true OOP built it..inheritance, sub classing, etc etc etc.

And wossname l love the database stuff...its how l make a living.


VB7 rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sophtware]

Those two properties (if thats what you call them) is what vC/vC++ has correct??.

Since vb7 is going to have those it will make vb alot more interesting...So i guess the bridge between vb and vc/vc++
wont be so long.

But it seems pretty interesting....i like vb6 but i think i will love vb7!
kool!

[Clunietp]

Actually what denniswrenn has is called function overloading -- VB7 will have that too.

All they need now is static linking and most of us would be happier than a pig in sh*t

[Wen Lie]

That's what I call with coollllll dude... huehuehue....
VB will get closer with VC/VC++ ??? It will make me love VB more than now. And I can't wait to get it...
Hmm... Next year.. Next year... Will VB satisfy me more ???
huehuehue... Pretty sure, yes, I hope...

Wen Lie

[kb244]

What about memory handeling, pointers, and function pointers(definitly function pointers, I Cant seem to use some of the complex ActiveX controls that I make or the API I use if it returns a function pointer to VB)

also the ability to do some ASM inline? and use Windows API wrappers without needing to declare them. C++ does a great job at this. and what about non-vb data types?