Mike wrote...
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If you do any VB programming you should know that currently the mainstream
support for VB6 ended on March 31, 2005. And if you do any VB coding please
help us and sign the petition that we are sending to Microsoft for
continuation of support!
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Please help keep a language around that has been here since 1980. It can
make everyones like easier to deal with. Especially us old timers. (smile)

First, don't make patently untrue statements in advocacy. The BASIC
that existed in 1980 is definitely NOT any version of VB, nor even
close to QBASIC. The old, mandatory line number BASIC deserved its
extinction. Visual Basic if you include its immediate predecessor Quick
Basic has only been around since the late 1980s.

Next, this is one of the pleasures of using proprietary languages: the
company that sells the language you've come to depend upon has the
unilateral ability to pull the rug out from under you. It's your own
fault for choosing a proprietary language.

You might want to consider whether it'd be easier to port to
PowerBASIC, RealBASIC or TrueBASIC. It's unlikely any of those BASIC
dialects would sacrifice backward compatibility.

Harlan

you're a ****ing commie, a liar and an asshole

VBA is; was and always will be supported in OFFICE.

this is the most popular language in the WORLD.

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VBA is; was and always will be supported in OFFICE.

this is the most popular language in the WORLD.

You're just a moron. Your capacity for rational discussion in
newsgroups (much less formulating political opinions) compares
unfavorably to most pieces of furniture.

Did I mention VBA? No. VB 6.

VB 6 was never close to the cash cow Office is, so forcing a switch
from VB 6 to either VB.Net or VB 9 isn't going to cost Microsoft much
revenue.

Dropping VBA support from Office would mean instead of most companies
upgrading to the latest Office version over 3 years they'd skip
upgrading users who rely on VBA-intensive applications. Unlike you,
Microsoft isn't that stupid.

Besides, VBA is a bundled scripting language. If one uses proprietary
scriptable software, one kinda expects to have to use proprietary
scripting languages. When have you ever heard of anyone using VBA to
write stand-alone .EXEs or .DLLs?

As for relying on Microsoft supporting VBA way into the distant future,
I wonder what VB 6 developers believed back in 2002? Maybe you don't
need to worry yet, but it's just a matter of time before we see C#A.

yes

i just dont think that you were really explaining that completely.

do you honestly disagree that VB6 / VBS / VBA is the most popular
language in the world?


im sorry that you're an APPLE / MAC / EXCEL kiddie.. but there are
better thigns out there than using
PowerBASIC, RealBASIC or TrueBASIC

i mean-- get real.

I USE THE BEST VB IDE IN THE WORLD.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED??

MS ACCESS MOFO

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do you honestly disagree that VB6 / VBS / VBA is the most popular
language in the world?

VBA may be most widely used because it's pretty much all there is in
Office apps, and there's likely more Office users than all the full
time programmers in the world.

VBS? You're joking. If you mean in web pages, it's gotta be WAY BEHIND
Java and PHP.

And VB 6 is only a few short years away from end of support cycle
oblivion. It won't matter how popular it may have been if no one in
their right mind would use it for NEW projects.

im sorry that you're an APPLE / MAC / EXCEL kiddie.. but there are
better thigns out there than using
PowerBASIC, RealBASIC or TrueBASIC

True. Perl, Python, Ruby, C++, Java, even C#. I don't like BASIC in any
dialect.

I USE THE BEST VB IDE IN THE WORLD.
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MS ACCESS MOFO

Oh, so relevant to most VB 6 developers. The future, like it or not, is
VB.Net or VB 9, Visual Studio and LINQ.

HAND

Linq?

you fairy go and play with your trendy new tool.. just do you 'dont
have to learn sql'

get a life harlan

learn SQL and stop being a wimp
maybe if you used a real language you would have enough time to learn
SQL

little trendy kid; ****.. go play with your spreadsheets. and your
VBA.

and you know what confuses me.. i thoguht that VS was going to be
called VB8 since i thought that VS 2002 = VS7 and VS 2003 = VS 7.1

i just dont think that you have any clue whats out in the real world.

and i hope and pray for the day that you spreadsheet dweebs get kicked
to the curb and replaced by some jr high kid that can do excel better
than you lol