VB Professional Pricing

For anybody out there who has VB Professional Edition -- how much did you pay for it?

Also, what are the main differences in capabilities between Learning Edition / Professional / and Enterprise?

Well, I forget how much it cost, it was so long ago. But,

Learning Edition
This is a cheap (~$20) version meant as an intro to VB. You can start new projects and make apps. You can't compile Native Code EXEs (only P-Code, which is a bad thing), and you can't use any custom OCX controls. Basically, it's a demo version.

Professional Edition
This is what I recommend. It's got everything you need to develop any application, for the most part. It compiles Native EXEs, you can use OCXs, and it even comes with some bonus tools.

Enterprise Edition
This is for building complex applications, and using VB as a building device at a company or a group. Included are some bonus tools and controls, like Visual SourceSafe, a code sharing utility that works much like a library.

Overall, I recommend the Professional Edition.

I belive it is around $1600 for VS 6.0. I am not sure how much just vb is or if you can buy it singley. You might want to check out student stores I get alot of my software there for alot cheaper with student ID. If you know someone who has an ID it might be to your benefit.

Welp, I just bought the professional edition for $150 brand new.

I found it ranging in price from $250-530. So, hopefully I didn't get screwed.

Originally posted by VolteFace
Learning Edition
You can't compile Native Code EXEs (only P-Code, which is a bad thing)


What do you mean by this? I have Learning Edition right now and I can make .EXEs with it.

You can't compile EXEs that contain intel processor machine code.
They contain MS VB P-Code. Code that must go through a final
interpretation as it runs. It can be just as fast as native machine
code, depending on the types of VB statements and functions
used. Or, it may be slower.

Originally posted by VolteFace
Learning Edition
This is a cheap (~$20) version meant as an intro to VB. You can start new projects and make apps. You can't compile Native Code EXEs (only P-Code, which is a bad thing), and you can't use any custom OCX controls. Basically, it's a demo version.


VolteFace, maybe you're thinking of the working model. I have used the Learning Edition and I could add OCX controls to my projects. I couldn't create my own, but I could add controls that others made. Also, the price of the Learning Edition with a couple books and the MSDN Library was about $130. The regular price of Professional is around $600 although I got it at academic pricing, $100.

If you're buying VB new, you might as well get the latest version, IMO.

Assuming you consider VB.Net to just be the latest version. I see
it as a very new product, not an upgrade.

Originally posted by robot313

VolteFace, maybe you're thinking of the working model. I have used the Learning Edition and I could add OCX controls to my projects. I couldn't create my own, but I could add controls that others made. Also, the price of the Learning Edition with a couple books and the MSDN Library was about $130. The regular price of Professional is around $600 although I got it at academic pricing, $100.

Good. I'm glad LE's not really only $20, cuz I bought it a couple years ago for around $100 from outpost.com.

Anyway, I bought the Professional edition yesterday at Academic pricing. I'll prolly just sell the LE and hope I see the difference in the Pro.

VB.NET may be quite different, but it's still VB. Most of the syntax is the same, after all.