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Quick VB6 against VB.NET question!

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  • 13-02-2004 2:58pm
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    McGintyMcGoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭


    What is the difference between developing an 32bit application using VB6 and using VB.NET? To be more specific, do VB.NET applications only run on OS's that have the .NET Framework installed on them? I know that the .NET Framework comes pre-installed on Win2003, but this application will most likely be installed on a Win2K machine (or possibly even NT4).

    Any help/comments would really be appreciated!

    Cheers


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    tendofan
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭tendofan


    VB.NET does require the .NET framework to be installed, just as VB6 requires the VB6 run-times. The .NET run-times are available for Win2K and NT4 AFAIK.

    Tendofan


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    McGintyMcGoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭McGintyMcGoo


    The main issue I have is that I do not want to develop an application that is approximately 2megs in size, but the installation takes 100megs (just a guess) of hard disk space on Win2K or NT4 machines.

    Does you know if the VB6 runtimes are part of the Win2K?


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    str8_away
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭str8_away


    AFAIK VB6 run-times are available for Win2K and NT4 like tendofan said.

    What kind of program needs 100 Mb to install?
    Are you using "Package & Deployment Wizard"?


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    McGintyMcGoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭McGintyMcGoo


    100 megs was most likely a gross exageration on my behalf.

    I think that the .NET Redistributable Framework (1.1) is about 25megs in size, which would need to be installed onto Win2K and NT4 machines. This system update is quite large considering most of my customers run fairly old/low spec machines. (no need to enter the "new PCs are quite cheap" debate!).


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    The vb6 runtime will fit on a floppy and will run on any 32 bit Windows operating system. The .Net framework is available for nt4, win2k, XP and win2003. I believe there is a version for windows 98 but its unstable.

    If your customers machines don't meet the recommended spec for the .Net framework then I'd go with vb6. If they do then you can use either. I've developed with Visual Studio.Net on a p2 300mhz with 256mb of RAM and it wasn't too bad.

    From what I can see the .NET framework isn't a huge resource hog.


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    McGintyMcGoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭McGintyMcGoo


    Thanks for the help people! :)


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