LFT Been a long time.. Anyone use vb6 anymore?

[Insane_Genius]

Hey, I used to program here back when 6.3 was released. Took some time off till 6.5 came out. Now I am back. Gratz on the 6.5 prerelease. It looks quite promising. Just wondering if there were any cool projects being made with it. Links to your site would be nice too. I am looking for and experienced team to contribute to. I am mostly using vb6 to code with, just cuz that is the one I have been using for years and am used to it. I can do inline C++ and ASM with a program from planet source code. So if there was any speed issues they are erased.

I am kinda interested in possibly working on a mmorpg if there are any in the works. (I know it's crazy but I love crazy.) As long as the mmorpg is not a cookie cutter one, I would prefer to get away from the WOW clones. No magic, spells, fairies, etc.. I may be interested in some other smaller projects too or creating programming tools. All depends on the project.

I have been programming for many years and have worked on many projects. I have programmed in c++, delphi, vb.net, and vb6. I can create music, create models, etc.. kind of a jack of all trades so I know the ins and outs.

Just throwing this out there to see what happens.

BTW. High again to all the old timers I remember from before. Glad to see you still plugging away.

[DarkLord]

I used to use VB6 alooooooooooooong time ago :p, I prefer VB6 to VB.NET, actually I may install it and try it out *lol* you've brought back the nostalgia!

seriously, a long term project would be absolutely cool, I know mmorpg's are generally frowned upon due to the excessive work that's involved, but at the end of the day, you can't achieve anything without putting in the effort, and alot of it, right?

I would definately like to work something out as I have been trying to get something going, mainly just playing around with TV3D to see what it can do. I generally play low-scale mmorpg's such as Dungeon Runner; I could never get into WoW, so if you want to start something, using Dungeon Runners as an initial motivation would be ideal.

I'll send you my email via PM and let's work on some ideas.

[RuntimeError101]

Hello, welcome back.  I have been here all the time in between now and the 6.3 release and before and I honestly don't think it was that long... 

Anyways, I would recommend trying vb.net.  Its a really easy transition, as all vb6 code is corrected automatically while you type (the few differences that there are).  And plus there are no random problems and it is not slow.

Welcome back, enjoy 6.5.

[Raul]

well i used VB6 and TV 6.5 until January this year. But now I had to go to VB .NET

[nateslunaXX]

i used/(still use?) VB6..it works/loads faster on my machine than the .NET IDEs.

[RuntimeError101]

Well thats awfully odd.  But the actual speed of the running program is faster in fact.  And the vb6 IDE has this horrible old, corrupt feeling to it.  In .Net, it just works, no questions asked.  And people definitely take you more seriously when you don't use vb6 (beats me there).

[Insane_Genius]

I have used many languages in my time. And here is the deal with languages. Yes some can be faster in some things than others. Every language has it's own areas where it shines and where it lacks. Language is only one element though. A good VB6 programmer can make a faster / better game than a intermediate c programmer. I have used vb.net before as well and it was good, I liked the collapsing of code in the editor. But all in all, if you are good with one thing I say use it. For areas that are slow you can always use multi languages. I see some people though have stuck with regular vb though, which is nice as I think that is the main language I will be using.

So, anyways... what are vb6 people working on? Any cool projects?

[Rynus_Rein]

[offtopic]
well I switched from vb6 > vb.net > C# looooooong time ago because I saw no advantages of vb6 over vb.net. vb6 needs the runtimes, .net the .net framework.

95% of the api calls you we implementing in vb6 is now nicely wrapped in the .net framework. I also found large projects hard to do in vb6 because it's lacking a solid OO model.

[Insane_Genius]

Yeah, actually that is a good point. The inherited classes and such are nice. The .net framework is actually one thing I didn't like though because it is so big and I believe it has to be included in your setup package. It made for a bigger download/upload.

I was using .net back when 2003 first came out. I am sure they have improved since then though.

[RuntimeError101]

Yes, but most computers already have the .net framework installed on them.  Its not really uncommon and windows comes packaged with it.  VB6 runtimes, on the other hand, are a pain to get on vista (illegally, I believe).

And I tried 2003 also, and I hated it and went back to VB6, but I later tried VB 2005 and instantly regretted using such an old, slow... nevermind.  And like I said, all VB6 code is very similar and the small differences are automatically converted as you type.  Do yourself a favor and try it (not forcing anyone, but it's a recommendation...  )

[Insane_Genius]

Well, I see the free version of vb.net that you can download. I am going to try it and see if it is a lot better. If it can do everything, I think I am on board.

[Raine]

It can, just be prepared to learn how the CLR works and change your mindset about visual basic

[kwazai]

the big difference in .net is that a bunch of the things i used api calls for in vb6 are now builtin (form on top,transparent forms, etc.). my .02$.
mike

[Qbasic8]

I still code often in vb6 as I have some older products I wrote in vb6 out there which I still update. In fact I'm sitting here at work writing a few tools in vb6 to help in time management. I did a lot of exmaple in tv3d using vb6 with ok results. Just have to be careful in making the code as modular as you can.

[aeon]

this post is ancient.  why bring it back up?

[King Warg]

because vb6 is awesome 

Funny enough when I was trying to do winsock stuff in vb.net the applications wouldn't work on x64 platforms, but a vb6 program with winsock had no issues. So i find myself still using vb6 once and a while for that.

[Lenn]

winsock sucks so it needs a sucky language like vb6. no suprise there.
dont ressurect threads like this, please.

[Raul]

winsock sucks so it needs a sucky language like vb6. no suprise there.
dont ressurect threads like this, please.

vb6 does not suck..

[Lenn]

heh ... errm yes, sorry
Everyone should use what they feel comfortable with.

However, there are better libraries than using winsock , especially if using VB.Net.

[Mithrandir]

Is there any motivation for using VB6 besides nostalgia these days?