William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Sat Mar 14 10:44:51 CDT 2009
...its free ...and it comes with a vhd with win xp or vista already installed so you don't have to buy another copy ...the free os is a limited time but they've renewed it every time it was about to expire so far. William -------------------------------------------------- From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:57 AM To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express&VB.NET) > William, > Is virtual PC 2007 from Microsoft free or not. The site says "free > download" > but it is unclear whether that means that after installing it, I then get > only xyz days to use it. > > If not free, what would you recommend? > > Thanks > Max > > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 1:38 PM, William Hindman < > wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote: > >> Arthur >> >> ...don't know ...I removed Express before installing VSP '8 >> ...can't think of a reason to run them side-by-side but if I wanted to >> install it again, I'd do it on a virtual pc. >> ...did I mention how much I love vpc? ...makes things like this sooooooo >> easy! :) >> >> ...and how can anyone complain about getting paid to live and work in >> Bermuda ...especially a Canuck in wintertime? :) >> >> ...btw ...anyone wanting to learn c# and visual studio in the real world >> should watch Shamil and group at work >> over in dba-vb :) >> >> William >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com> >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:14 AM >> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express >> &VB.NET <http://vb.net/>) >> >> > William, >> > >> > Can one install Express side by side with the full version? I have the >> > VS >> > Pro edition installed already and have been meaning to get around to >> > it, >> > but >> > seem to spend all my time in SQL Server instead. I have to do something >> > about that :) >> > >> > A. >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:41 AM, William Hindman < >> > wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Susan >> >> >> >> ...try these for beginner level stuff >> >> >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/default.aspx >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/bb308760.aspx >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/default.aspx >> >> >> >> ...and not that you asked, but if it were me doing it all over again >> >> I'd >> >> skip the vb.net stuff and go straight to c#.net >> >> ...there really isn't that much difference in the syntax and elsewise >> the >> >> learning curve is the same >> >> ...and what you'll find in the end is that there are far, far more >> "good" >> >> code samples available in c#.net than vb.net >> >> ...I let the C# scare me off at first, assuming that vb.net would be >> like >> >> vb/vba ...but it just isn't >> >> ...and when you get into it, you'll find answers in c# that just don't >> >> exist >> >> in vb and then start using the free translation sites >> >> ...and when you see the c#.net code you input come out in vb.net, it >> will >> >> dawn on you that the structure and logic is the same, only the syntax >> >> differs >> >> ...so why spend the time learning the vb.net syntax when you're >> >> eventually >> >> going to start writing in c# anyway if you're serious about learning >> >> dotnet >> >> >> >> ...I know, I know ...but I'm going to remind you I told you so one of >> >> these >> >> days :) >> >> >> >> William >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> From: "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at gmail.com> >> >> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:05 PM >> >> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" >> >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >> >> Subject: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express & >> >> VB.NET <http://vb.net/><http://vb.net/> >> >> ) >> >> >> >> > I know this is a really old subject -- but William, you mentioned >> >> the >> >> MS >> >> > dotnet learning site -- I can't find it, do you have a link? What >> >> > I'm >> >> > turning up is way over my head, definitely not beginner stuff. >> >> > >> >> > Susan H. >> >> > >> >> >> ...before you buy a book (Susan will kill me for this) try the MS >> >> >> dotnet >> >> >> learning site first ...they have literally dozens of free walk >> >> >> though >> >> >> videos >> >> >> with downloadable code ...a step above the normal quality for MS >> >> >> ...I've >> >> >> got >> >> >> hundreds of books collecting dust from other products over the >> >> >> years >> >> >> but >> >> >> not >> >> >> one on VS2008 so far even though its now my full time development >> >> >> environment (with the exception of legacy Access dbs that I still >> >> support >> >> >> and am working on converting) ...point being that imnsho, the >> >> >> quality >> >> and >> >> >> accessibility of free and low cost on-line learning resources now >> >> >> makes >> >> >> most >> >> >> tech books obsolete ...and I'd be the first to admit I love books. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > 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 >> > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >