Re: A basic for W7

From	Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject	Re: A basic for W7
Date	2011-06-15 15:10 -0700
Organization	exMVPs.org
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Auric__ laid this down on his screen :
> Helge Haensel wrote:
>
>> Am 05.06.2011, 11:21 Uhr, schrieb Helmut_Meukel
>> <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid>:
>> 
>>> Helge Haensel fragte:
>>>> 
>>>> Which one of the different here discussed basics is compatible with
>>>> W7/64 and
>>>> most similar to VB5 so that a more or less easy transfer is possible.
>>> 
>>> Hmm, best would be VB6.
>>> W7 comes with the VB6 run-time dlls.
>>> I had no problems installing it on W7/32 and all I heard of there are
>>> no problems with W7/64.
>>> 
>>> VB6 is only 32bit, but there are very few basics capable to create
>>> 64bit programs.
>> 
>> Thanks, Helmut!
>> Is vb6 still available? I have no idea?
>
> No, and that's why I didn't suggest it. VB6 is 13 years old, and support was 
> dropped by MS 6 years ago (even the "extended support" ended 3 years ago). 

It is still very downloadable on the MSDN Subscriber site, though.

> They have said specifically that while VB6 will still be supported in Windows 
> 8 (meaning "apps written in VB6 will work there"), they make no promises 
> beyond that.

Do you have a cite for that?  I'd like to make sure to track who's 
saying that!

Thanks...   Karl

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A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-04 13:46 +0200
  Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-04 21:12 +0000
    Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-05 09:39 +0200
  Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-05 11:21 +0200
    Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-05 12:34 +0200
      Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-05 17:43 +0000
        Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-06 00:16 +0200
          Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-06 16:20 +0200
          Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-07 17:00 +0200
            Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-07 18:05 +0200
        Re: A basic for W7 Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-15 15:10 -0700
          Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-16 02:36 +0000
            Re: A basic for W7 Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-16 11:52 -0700

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