Visual Studio 6

Visual Studio 6

Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)

2009 Nov 14 • 2045
So I decided its about time I learn VB6, but I'm having trouble installing visual studio. When I run the setup, it says "Setup has determined that the following applications(s) are running:

Microsoft Development Environment

We recommend that you close these application(s) before continuing."



Now, I've look in my task manager, and I don't see anything called Microsoft development Environment. I've also tried just installing it with this Microsoft Development Environment still running, but then I get an error saying it was not successfully installed.

Sooo, what is this Microsoft Development Environment, and how can I shut it down?
 
 
 
2009 Dec 2 at 19:36 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
Rockbomb said:
So I decided its about time I learn VB6


No. You were wrong. It is not time to learn VB6. Because it is not 1998.

Instead try learning VB2008 or VC#2008 or anything that's relevant today. It's free. So really:

www.microsoft.com/express/product/default.aspx
 
 
 
2009 Dec 3 at 00:04 UTC — Ed. 2009 Dec 3 at 00:04 UTC
Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)

2009 Nov 14 • 2045
Hmmm... I was actually planning on learning the new 2008 one, but I had several people tell me to learn vb6 instead. So... go with 2008 then?
 
 
 
2009 Dec 3 at 00:22 UTC
aaronjer
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2005 Mar 21 • 5105
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Tch, that's out of date too, go learn x86 Assembly.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 3 at 02:02 UTC
Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)

2009 Nov 14 • 2045
aaronjer said:
Tch, that's out of date too, go learn x86 Assembly.

That!




 
 
 
2009 Dec 3 at 02:49 UTC
fedex _

2009 Mar 23 • 910
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Rockbomb said:
aaronjer said:
Tch, that's out of date too, go learn x86 Assembly.

That!






whats the difference?
melloyellow582 said:
I post sometimes, to make a point.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 3 at 02:50 UTC
Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)

2009 Nov 14 • 2045
fedex _ said:
Rockbomb said:
aaronjer said:
Tch, that's out of date too, go learn x86 Assembly.

That!






whats the difference?


Isn't assembly a hard language?


Edit: Just did some research, and assembly apparently isn't hard to learn...
Guess I need some new advisors when it comes to programming. Seems like the people I've been talking to have no damn clue what they're talking about...



So lets start as base1:
Hi, I'm new to programming, and I'm looking for a language that would be somewhat easy to learn, and also somewhat useful. I wanted to jump right into c++, but was told I should learn an easier language first. Any suggestions?
 
 
 
2009 Dec 3 at 02:53 UTC — Ed. 2009 Dec 3 at 02:59 UTC
fedex _

2009 Mar 23 • 910
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spanish is the easiest i think
melloyellow582 said:
I post sometimes, to make a point.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 3 at 06:44 UTC
Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

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Oh, you twit. I dunno, what do you want to do? Java is, in some sense, easy, but it's a very poor language IMHO. You could learn Python, it's nice. C# is C-like with many friendly libraries. Uhm. True Basic, if you want to be ruined as a programmer. First language I learned, or was taught, was Basic, then Haskell in first year of Uni, then Java in second. A lot of Java. And just these past weeks I've done some Python. This doesn't include the stuff I tried to teach myself, obv. I have some links if you want.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 4 at 02:18 UTC
Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)

2009 Nov 14 • 2045
Well I decided to go with vb2008. I've so far just been following a few tutorials, but I'm having trouble finding decent ones. I followed one and made my own email spam bomber, its pretty cool

But if you have any nice tutorials, I'd much apreciate it if you could pass me a link
 
 
 
2009 Dec 4 at 03:30 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
If you get fed up with that you can always try

mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/book/chapter-2.html
 
 
 
2009 Dec 4 at 22:49 UTC — Ed. 2009 Dec 4 at 22:50 UTC
Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)

2009 Nov 14 • 2045
Hmmm, I just read throught the first few pages of that, and even though I haven't learned anything about the code itself(I think), the story is keeping me interested

But, I think I'm going to stick with vb. Really the reason I'm learning vb is to get myself used to actual coding, so that it will be easier when I start learning c# or c++.



Edit: I'm really having a hard time finding decent tutorials. Almost every site I've been is like "set up your buttons and stuff like this, then double click that button and copy paste this code."
Its like, the whole point of me reading the tutorial is to learn what the code means and how its put together and stuff, not to place a bunch of buttons with click-drag and then copy-paste code that someone else wrote.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 7 at 02:02 UTC — Ed. 2009 Dec 7 at 03:36 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
That might be why VB isn't really the best place to start.

I'm not really sure where you should start. I only started once and that was decades ago. And things are different now.

I do know you should steer clear of C++ and Java. Those are some of the worst places to start ever.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 7 at 10:48 UTC
aaronjer
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We started with some version of Quick Basic for DOS, supes. You don't remember fucking around with QB programs like that Gorilla thing when we were approximately 6 to 8 years old?

Wait, we were programming when we were that young? Oh god... we're such nerds! Not that I continued with the programming thing... all I do now is draw naked girls.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 7 at 13:15 UTC — Ed. 2009 Dec 7 at 13:16 UTC
sprinkles

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2009 Sep 6 • 2547
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aaronjer said:
Tch, that's out of date too, go learn x86 Assembly.



Haha true that.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 7 at 19:34 UTC
the_cloud_system
polly pushy pants

2008 Aug 1 • 3081
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aaronjer said:
all I do now is draw naked girls.


yah the next thing we need is to have this site up there with nudeys gone paper
I drink to forget but I always remember.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 8 at 00:38 UTC — Ed. 2009 Dec 8 at 00:39 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
I remember QB. I just don't think that's a good place to start NOW.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 8 at 01:30 UTC
Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)

2009 Nov 14 • 2045
Well I finally found a decent tutorial, and luckily its a very long tutorial that covers just about everything. So I'm goin' through it atm, and I've finally got a bunch of stuff figured out.

<a href="http://visualbasic.about.com/od/learnvbnet/a/LVBE_L1.htm">Here</a> is the tutorial I'm following if anyone's interested.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 8 at 18:08 UTC
the_cloud_system
polly pushy pants

2008 Aug 1 • 3081
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*cough*
code
Here
I drink to forget but I always remember.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 8 at 23:20 UTC
sprinkles

Chrome Whore
2009 Sep 6 • 2547
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*Cough*
Here
 
 
 
2009 Dec 9 at 18:31 UTC
Rockbomb
Dog fucker (but in a good way now)

2009 Nov 14 • 2045
I better stay out of this thread for a while, it seems as though everyone in it is catching a cold

SJ, you should allow html
 
 
 
2009 Dec 9 at 18:36 UTC
Mate de Vita
Kelli

2008 Oct 4 • 2453
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Rockbomb said:
I better stay out of this thread for a while, it seems as though everyone in it is catching a cold

SJ, you should allow html

It's allowed but you have to code-tag it.
...and that's the bottom line because Mate de Vita said so.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 9 at 18:42 UTC
sprinkles

Chrome Whore
2009 Sep 6 • 2547
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How do you read things into a string from a textbox?
How do you right things into a textbox from a string?
 
 
 
2009 Dec 9 at 18:57 UTC — Ed. 2009 Dec 9 at 19:30 UTC
SuperJer
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2005 Mar 21 • 6673
sprinkles said:
How do you read things into a string from a textbox?
How do you right things into a textbox from a string?


Should be something like:
code
AwesomeString = Form1.Text1.text Form1.Text1.text = SomeOtherString


This is just a wild guess though. I haven't used VB since the last millenium.
 
 
 
2009 Dec 10 at 19:53 UTC
sprinkles

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2009 Sep 6 • 2547
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superjer said:
sprinkles said:
How do you read things into a string from a textbox?
How do you right things into a textbox from a string?


Should be something like:
code
AwesomeString = Form1.Text1.text Form1.Text1.text = SomeOtherString


This is just a wild guess though. I haven't used VB since the last millenium.



Close but
I get that form1 cannot refer to itself in an instance [or something close to that]
so replace form1 with me
But that still leaves me with
code
Error 1 Value of type 'System.Windows.Forms.TextBox' cannot be converted to 'String'
.

You use C++ though right?
 
 
 
2009 Dec 11 at 02:42 UTC
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