Can someone tell me why move to VB.Net?

I bought the thing and it wont let me install it because I dont have FrontPage.

Thing is, I dont want html apps. Why do I need Frontpage?

Is VB.Net the next version of VB6? Or is it a tool aimed at Internet development?

Forgive me if these sound obvious to you, but Microsoft werent very helpful.

stef

Hi Stef,

Yes VB.Net is the next version of Visual Basic, it is both a windows and a web app development environment, this is truley a one stop shop, by that I mean you only need the one application to develop client / server and desktop applications or web pages, interactive web sites accessing database's and XML web services, windows services and legacy com components, to name a few.

The general rule of thumb is, if it written in vb6 then continue to use VB6, if it is a new project then it is probably better to write it in VB.Net, (though this is not a hard and fast rule, it's just a guideline).

I'm not sure why it says it won't install without frontpage, though I know it requires frontpage extension's with IIS, but again it shouldn't stop it from being installed, and I would be suprised if the frontpage extensions weren't on the VB.Net CD's.

Other possibilities could be:
What kind of operating system are you using, because VB.net will NOT install on Windows 98 machines, though apps can be deployed on Win98 they cannot be developed on Win 98 machines, also Windows XP Home doesn't allow the install of IIS so there might be issues relating to that, though again I would be surprised if some of it wouldn't install on XP Home.

Please note that you really shouldn't be developing apps on Win 98 or XP Home as these operationg systems are either, unstable and unreliable (ie Win95,98,ME,) and XP Home has so much missing from it that it's really not worth it.

Regards Duncan

Duncan

I am using WinME. When I get 5 minutes, I will try installing it on XP.

Thanks for the information.

stef

stef

My guess is it will take you more than 5 minutes. Heh.

David