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I'm trying to learn the basics of Visual basic 6 in a day. It going well so far (except that everything looks like spaghetti-code).
However, what's up with modules and classes? I'm reading tutorials here, but all it says about these is that you add one to your project with a right-click->add, and you write the code...
What if I don't want to right click? Are there any "tags" or identifiers that identify the code that belongs to a class? Such as in C++ you specify a "class { ... };.
And how about modules?
Umm, have you considered letting the IDE do its funky stuff, saving some sample classes/modules, and then quitting the IDE and looking at the generated files with some simpler text editor? :s
Public Class MyVBClass Public Sub SayHi() MsgBox "Hi" End SubEnd ClassDim obj as New MyVBClassobj.SayHiRemember though, class support in VB6 is pretty ropey. You're best leaving it for dead and buying VB.NET, it's by far a better langugage. Faster, more powerful and has better feature support (.NET).
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Quote:Original post by Zahlman
Umm, have you considered letting the IDE do its funky stuff, saving some sample classes/modules, and then quitting the IDE and looking at the generated files with some simpler text editor? :s
Well... I would if I had one that worked. Some crazy characterset conflict prohibits me from even opening the IDE.
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Remember though, class support in VB6 is pretty ropey. You're best leaving it for dead and buying VB.NET, it's by far a better langugage. Faster, more powerful and has better feature support (.NET).
Thanks, so it works about the same. I hope I can get my greasy hands on VB.net, but since I'm supposed to use this at work I don't know if my boss is prepared to buy it.
Quote:Original post by Structural
Well... I would if I had one that worked. Some crazy characterset conflict prohibits me from even opening the IDE.
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I hope I can get my greasy hands on VB.net, but since I'm supposed to use this at work I don't know if my boss is prepared to buy it.
You're supposed to use it at work and the IDE won't even work correctly? Put that case to your boss and say that it's being counter-productive. The VB.NET IDE is 100x better and works like a dream, seriously - if you could give it a try I guarantee you won't want to go back [grin]
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Quote:Original post by evolutionalQuote:Original post by Structural
Well... I would if I had one that worked. Some crazy characterset conflict prohibits me from even opening the IDE.
....
I hope I can get my greasy hands on VB.net, but since I'm supposed to use this at work I don't know if my boss is prepared to buy it.
You're supposed to use it at work and the IDE won't even work correctly? Put that case to your boss and say that it's being counter-productive. The VB.NET IDE is 100x better and works like a dream, seriously - if you could give it a try I guarantee you won't want to go back [grin]
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Well, it doesn't work on my home computer. Which is, to say the least, "quite an exotic collection of random programs and setups". I know I had to do quite some funky things before I could fully use Visual C++;. I should re-install really...
Well, tomorrow I have a working environment, so I can do some actual programming with VB.
One thing about VB is DO EVERYTHING THE VB WAY.
Seriously. VB is one language you don't want to push too much because it will puch back by not working. I had a class module that it just stopped seeing as code once. It acted like it was just a bunch of text and didn't even try to look for code in it.
Aside from that VB is a nice little language that is very easy to use. If you don't know a function just type what you think it should be and put a "(" it will tell you what arguments it needs and everything (if you guessed right).
Seriously. VB is one language you don't want to push too much because it will puch back by not working. I had a class module that it just stopped seeing as code once. It acted like it was just a bunch of text and didn't even try to look for code in it.
Aside from that VB is a nice little language that is very easy to use. If you don't know a function just type what you think it should be and put a "(" it will tell you what arguments it needs and everything (if you guessed right).
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