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Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET

From	GS <gs@somewhere.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.visual.misc, microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
Subject	Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET
Date	2012-01-15 01:26 -0500
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Tom Shelton explained on 1/15/2012 :
> GS used his keyboard to write :
>> Tom Shelton formulated on Saturday :
>>> GS pretended :
>>>> Just want to interject that VB will persist to exist as the language of 
>>>> choice for macros in MS Office. Since MS has reworked VBA to work in x64 
>>>> (VBA7), I don't expect VB to disappear in my working lifetime. While it 
>>>> may be arguable that VBA is not Classic VB in various ways, it remains 
>>>> that the underlying core to the VBA language IS Classic VB!<g>
>>>>
>>>> MS tried to take away VBA capability it Mac versions of MS Office and got 
>>>> a horrific reaming for doing so. -Well.., at least enough of a reaming 
>>>> that they put it back in pretty quick!
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking there is not a dedicated special runtime for VBA, and so 
>>>> unless I'm wrong MS will continue to ship that runtime with MS Office if 
>>>> they take it out of Windows!<IMO>
>>>
>>>  Not where I work - we use VS tools for office.  VBA is banned.
>>
>> Yeah, I'm a big fan of using COMAddins over VBA. Though, I suppose the .Net 
>> tools aren't really COM in the same way anymore. C++ is my choice tool now 
>> but I'll use C# if .Net is really necessary. The nice thing about C++ is 
>> that it still lets me use my 3rd party ActiveX components that also work 
>> with VB6/VBA projects.<g>
>
> And you can use them in .NET as well...  COM IS part of .NET.

Not according to the manufacturer[s]. They recommend upgrading to their 
.net versions. Has something to do with Windows Forms. If you can point 
me to some info regarding using ActiveX components (in my case .OCXs) 
I'd appreciate that very much.

-- 
Garry

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Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> - 2012-01-04 18:23 -0500
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-05 09:25 -0500
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Thorsten Albers" <gudea@gmx.de> - 2012-01-05 16:33 +0000
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-05 14:57 -0500
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2012-01-05 22:32 +0100
    Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2012-01-06 02:50 +0000
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2012-01-09 20:29 -0700
    Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-10 09:22 -0500
      Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-10 10:14 -0700
        Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-10 17:04 -0500
        Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-01-11 21:02 +0100
          Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Henning" <computer_hero@coldmail.com> - 2012-01-12 15:33 +0100
            Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-12 23:58 -0500
          Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-12 09:34 -0700
            Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-01-13 20:17 +0100
              Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-13 14:31 -0500
              Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-13 13:22 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-13 16:07 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-13 14:14 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-13 20:58 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2012-01-19 19:10 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-01-14 00:12 +0100
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Henning" <computer_hero@coldmail.com> - 2012-01-14 00:24 +0100
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-01-14 00:58 +0100
              Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-13 19:35 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-13 22:46 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-13 23:50 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-14 14:31 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-14 22:47 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-15 01:26 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-15 07:54 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-15 14:09 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-15 16:47 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-15 16:49 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-15 21:16 -0500

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