vb and vb.net on same PC?

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Jim,
I have both installed on my system and it works fine. Just install them.
The one catch is that whatever one you install last will take over the
extension. That is when you are in window explorer and click on a .vb
extension etc the last version installed will open. Simple solution is to
open the projects from within whichever version they created.
Jim
PS The .NET version is FAR superior to the old VisualBasic versions that you
should spend the time to come up to speed. When you begin to understand it,
things are SO MUCH EASIER to do in the .net version.
 
Jim,
I have VB6, VB.NET 2002 & VB.NET 2003 all installed on the same computer. At
a company I am contracting with, they have VB5, VB6, VB.NET 2002 & VB.NET
2003 all installed on the same computer. So it is definately possible.

The big thing to remember is to install the oldest version first (start with
installing VB5, then install VB.NET).

Hope this helps
Jay
 
Jim,
I have both installed on my system and it works fine. Just install them.
The one catch is that whatever one you install last will take over the
extension. That is when you are in window explorer and click on a .vb
extension etc the last version installed will open. Simple solution is to
open the projects from within whichever version they created.
Jim
PS The .NET version is FAR superior to the old VisualBasic versions that you
should spend the time to come up to speed. When you begin to understand it,
things are SO MUCH EASIER to do in the .net version.
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..vb is not associated with pre-.Net VB.

Personally, I had a problem with VB6 + VB.Net on the same machine -
after .Net was installed, VB6 stopped functioning correctly - lots of
crashes, other spiffy little things that I can't recall right now.
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.vb is not associated with pre-.Net VB.

Personally, I had a problem with VB6 + VB.Net on the same machine -
after .Net was installed, VB6 stopped functioning correctly - lots of
crashes, other spiffy little things that I can't recall right now.
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Weird, I've been runing VB6, VS.NET 2002, VS.NET 2003 on the same machine
(in fact, 2 different machines counting my machine at work) with out a bit
of difficulty....
 
Weird, I've been runing VB6, VS.NET 2002, VS.NET 2003 on the same machine
(in fact, 2 different machines counting my machine at work) with out a bit
of difficulty....
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Yeah, I see that I'm in the minority here. Now that I think about it,
its the same machine that died a horrible death just a couple of weeks
ago. Related? Hmm... <g>
 
* "Jay B. Harlow said:
I have VB6, VB.NET 2002 & VB.NET 2003 all installed on the same computer. At
a company I am contracting with, they have VB5, VB6, VB.NET 2002 & VB.NET
2003 all installed on the same computer. So it is definately possible.

The big thing to remember is to install the oldest version first (start with
installing VB5, then install VB.NET).
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One problem occurs if an old version needs to be repaired for some
reason. Then newer versions can be corrupted. I prefer running older
versions (those I don't use frequently) in a VPC ;-).
 
Herfried,
Agreed, if you don't use them often, then using a VPC may be a good idea. I
think it depends on what one personally considers "frequently".

Jay
 
OK guys--

I bought a new computer. I am not a professional programmer, I played
around with VB5 a little bit, which is the first programming I ever did,
learned on my own.

I bought a copy of vb.net with my new Dell (didn't realize MS was giving
away free software until later).

I would like to have both versions installed on my PC, so I can work on
old projects, and also learn how to use vb.net

Is this possible? How can I do this?

Jim
 
Jim,

Yes, you can install both VB and VB .NET on the same machine.

Thanks,
Cynthia
DDSE QA
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* cyn_lau@online_microsoft.com (Cynthia Lau[MSFT]) scripsit:
Yes, you can install both VB and VB .NET on the same machine.
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ACK, but I would install VB Classic /before/ installing VB.NET ;-).
 
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