| Subject: Newbie needs help |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 4/28/2008 5:42:10 PM |
| From: Calsonic [Email Address Protection] |
Well I hope there are some patient veterans out there willing to help out the clueless because I have arrived:-( It has been about 12 years since I did any programming at all and that was very basic with VB6. Now I have found myself in the position of wanting to create a small application specific to my job, and VB6 does not cut it anymore. So I have upgraded to VB 2008 Express. (now my problems begin) I cannot even figure out how to add a data source to a form so I can bind test boxes to the items in a table. So if someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction, or better still, can someone point me to some good online tutorials that deal with creating database apps? Sorry to annoy you with my airhead questions. I hope to pick this back up quickly if my brain still functions like it used too. TIA GT.... |
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| Subject: Re: Newbie needs help |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 4/28/2008 6:46:09 PM |
| From: David Wilkinson [Email Address Protection] |
Calsonic wrote: > Well I hope there are some patient veterans out there willing to help out > the clueless because I have arrived:-( > > It has been about 12 years since I did any programming at all and that was > very basic with VB6. Now I have found myself in the position of wanting to > create a small application specific to my job, and VB6 does not cut it > anymore. > > So I have upgraded to VB 2008 Express. (now my problems begin) > > I cannot even figure out how to add a data source to a form so I can bind > test boxes to the items in a table. So if someone would be kind enough to > point me in the right direction, or better still, can someone point me to > some good online tutorials that deal with creating database apps? > > Sorry to annoy you with my airhead questions. I hope to pick this back up > quickly if my brain still functions like it used too. Calsonic: If you want to program in VB.NET, I would suggest that you buy a book about VB.NET. You might also consider a newsgroup specific to VB.NET. If you are starting fresh in .NET programming, you might also consider C#. On the other hand, are you sure you cannot do what you want in VB6? -- David Wilkinson Visual C++ MVP |
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| Subject: Re: Newbie needs help |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 4/28/2008 7:22:33 PM |
| From: Calsonic [Email Address Protection] |
David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com> wrote in news:eT9kMrZqIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > If you want to program in VB.NET, I would suggest that you buy a book > about VB.NET. You might also consider a newsgroup specific to VB.NET. > > If you are starting fresh in .NET programming, you might also consider > C#. > > On the other hand, are you sure you cannot do what you want in VB6? > I probably could do it in VB6, but will the program then be able to run on Vista????? |
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| Subject: Re: Newbie needs help |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 4/28/2008 9:35:04 PM |
| From: "Scott Seligman" [Email Address Protection] |
Calsonic <calsonik@hotmail.com> wrote: >David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com> wrote in >news:eT9kMrZqIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > >> If you want to program in VB.NET, I would suggest that you buy a book >> about VB.NET. You might also consider a newsgroup specific to VB.NET. >> >> If you are starting fresh in .NET programming, you might also consider >> C#. >> >> On the other hand, are you sure you cannot do what you want in VB6? > >I probably could do it in VB6, but will the program then be able to run on >Vista????? Sure. ISRT, the VB6 runtimes are still included with Vista. That said, somethings, like Manifest files and updated common controls can make life interesting on Vista for VB6. -- --------- Scott Seligman <scott at <firstname> and michelle dot net> --------- I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. -- Gandhi |
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| Subject: Re: Newbie needs help |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 4/28/2008 10:27:37 PM |
| From: Calsonic [Email Address Protection] |
"Scott Seligman" <seligman@example.com> wrote in news:fv68ho$666$1@panix3.panix.com: > Sure. ISRT, the VB6 runtimes are still included with Vista. > > That said, somethings, like Manifest files and updated common controls > can make life interesting on Vista for VB6. > I figured out the database connection stuff, and most of the code still works the same way I remembered. Just got to remember how to add a new record to the database now. |
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