Ryoky Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 So I bought Visual Basic 6.0 on eBay but do I need a special version to edit the Source and compile it ?professional or other.I bought the Beginner Version (on german is it "Einsteiger Edition", I translate it ^-^)And sorry for my bad English… I'm at learning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japez Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 It should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoky Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 hey, thank you very much ! =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoky Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 So, I have now my VB 6.0 Beginners Edition but can I use it on Windows Vista ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitinho444 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 man… cool you are nice to VB 6 owners etc.. but why you dont download it for free??????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 @vitinho444:> man… cool you are nice to VB 6 owners etc.. but why you dont download it for free???????????????????????????Because it's illegal?Srsly, you can buy a legal version of VB6 for about $5 at a computer show or garage sale.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitinho444 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 why is ilegal??that is duminess because Visual basic 2010 is free and Visual Basic 2008 too… Why you cant have VB 6 free too!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 @vitinho444:> why is ilegal??> > that is duminess because Visual basic 2010 is free and Visual Basic 2008 too… Why you cant have VB 6 free too!?The free versions are the "Express" editions; you can't use them for commercial purposes; if you were to get Visual Studios 2010 Professional or Enterprise, you're going to be paying a lot of money, because you're also buying a licence to legality distribute the software you make.Back 10 or so years ago when VB6 was out, Microsoft didn't have any "Express" editions for VB6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlord Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 @vitinho444:> why is ilegal??> > that is duminess because Visual basic 2010 is free and Visual Basic 2008 too… Why you cant have VB 6 free too!?Actually they aren't. The only free editions of Visual Studio are the Express Editions, which were only released for VS7 (a.k.a. VS2005) and later. I actually own VS2010 Professional Edition, which costs a shit load of money.Regards, Godlord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitinho444 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 so.. visual basic 6 its not express = not free.. ok i understand.. but the portable is free right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoky Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 @Admiral:> Because it's illegal?> > Srsly, you can buy a legal version of VB6 for about $5 at a computer show or garage sale..wtf ???I payed 90 Euros for that on Ebay !!! O_OOh yeah, If i knew where its downloadable for free I hadn't bought it :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitinho444 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 man im sorry to tell you but you were scammed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheatking Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 There is this: [Envelop](http://www.freebyte.com/programming/compilers/envelop.html). But I've been unable to test it because of my OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 @vitinho444:> so.. visual basic 6 its not express = not free.. ok I understand.. but the portable is free right?No, portable is illegal.You really should learn basic computing before making a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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