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Hi everyone, things are coming along slowly but surely with regards to
learning VBA to thew point where I'm considering learning VB. However,
I see things such as VB6 and VB.Net and I wondering how much difference
is there and which, if either, would be best to focus on to start with.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers :)


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Depends upon what you want to do. If you want the development environment of
VB with the familiarity of VBA, stay with classic VB. If you want to place
yourself along the path MS are pushing, go with VB.N et, but it is a
different paradigm.

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Hi everyone, things are coming along slowly but surely with regards to
learning VBA to thew point where I'm considering learning VB. However,
I see things such as VB6 and VB.Net and I wondering how much difference
is there and which, if either, would be best to focus on to start with.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers :)


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According to your advice I shall go with VB6 then. Do you know if thi
will this be affected by future compatibilities or any other possibl
problems

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Another thing I have to consider:

According to this article:
http://www.thescarms.com/VBasic/VB6vsVBNet.asp

This article describes some of the many differences between VB6 and
VB.NET. Much of the current VB6 code base will not run under VB.NET due
to changes in VB.NET's syntax and language, its use of the new common
runtime, and its switch to WinForms from the VB6 form model.

*Visual Basic.NET includes an upgrade tool to assist in converting VB6
projects to .NET.*
It seems like VB.Net might be the way to go as it provides a tool to
convert from VB6 which may help cover a wider spectrum of coding
options....I hate microsoft :mad: . Why can't we just stick to one
format :confused:


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Don't even consider the VB6 to VB.Net converter yet, it is rubbish, needs
lots of work.

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Another thing I have to consider:

According to this article:
http://www.thescarms.com/VBasic/VB6vsVBNet.asp

This article describes some of the many differences between VB6 and
VB.NET. Much of the current VB6 code base will not run under VB.NET due
to changes in VB.NET's syntax and language, its use of the new common
runtime, and its switch to WinForms from the VB6 form model.

*Visual Basic.NET includes an upgrade tool to assist in converting VB6
projects to .NET.*
It seems like VB.Net might be the way to go as it provides a tool to
convert from VB6 which may help cover a wider spectrum of coding
options....I hate microsoft :mad: . Why can't we just stick to one
format :confused:


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