Joe Hecht
jmhecht at earthlink.net
Sat Sep 8 17:54:22 CDT 2007
It was enough to drive me out of regular professional development. Joe Hecht jmhecht at earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 3:37 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access to VB.Net You will enjoy the power of .Net, it truly is awesome (and frustrating - the learning curve). Enjoy, John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gmail Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 1:27 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access to VB.Net Yes John, I think (after reading all the comments posted and then applying all that advice to my personal circumstance) that your advice is sound. So, I will obtain VS2005 and take it from there. Many thanks MAx -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 7:12 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access to VB.Net Max, I would go with the Visual Studio 2005. It has vb.net as well as the other visual languages - C#.net, asp.net etc. You could go with vb.net however... The vb.Net standalone has some important limitations. It is designed as an "introduction" to the .net environment to suck programmers (and non programmers) in. There are some slight syntax and capability differences that will prevent your using the results should you need the higher powered suite. I own both and have worked in both but now focus on the Visual Studio side since I discovered the limitations. VB.Net is FREE, however as you are looking to actually use the results the "free" is not a good compromise for you I think. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gmail Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 1:53 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Access to VB.Net Can I ask for some advice please. I have been looking at getting VB.Net software and all I can find is either Visual Studio 2005 or VB 2005. Which one do I go for? Is there something other than these two that I have missed? All I want is the VB.Net stuff so that I can start to learn how to convert my existing apps to vb.net Many thanks Max -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com