exhuming vb6, for a short time

about 10 years ago, i did some coding in vb6, and wanted to use it now to mock up some programs for a presentation...

i was surprised to find that it is missing from current day pc, as i thought that it would either have been carried forward from old pc's to new pc's over the years or still have been part of the basic software...

so, tried to find and install CD/disks to no avail, then tried to find a download for it and it would appear that ms is now charging money for it (even tho i thought they had dropped support for it in lieu of "vb 2005 "...)...

anyone know how i can garner vb6, or the equivalent, as i thought i noted some news a while back that an open source equivalent had been developed???

 

keywester,

You can get VB "Expess" to use free from Microsoft. Information can be found HERE. Hope this will work for you.

B

 

Have a look at http://www.karenware.com/powertools/runtimes.asp

 

just so you know...

sparrow,

The VB 'runtimes' are just pieces of code that allow VB programs to run on computers that don't have the actual Visual Basic program. I think keywester wants to write some code.

B