Buying VB

Since my Hard Drive crashed i am forced to buy VB before i had planned to. Now i need to know if the game i programmed in Vb5 will transfer without any problem to Vb6??? I am using Dx7 DirectDraw to program it. it is a tile rpg. And would it be ok to buy the cheap learners edition? would it have everything i need to program the game and let me be able to make an executable of it????

Thanks

I don't know your specific situation, but if by chance you were a student, you can buy the academic professional version for quite reasonable... I personally have not used the learning edition so I can't help there... As for your program transferring, I don't believe you should have any trouble there... I have taken many programs from VB4 to 5 to 6... But then I am not familiar with all of your code either...
HTH
Duane

Programming... The expression of true creativity bound only to the limitations of your mind...

I have (or should I say I am stuck with) VB 6 Learning Edition.
If all you plan on doing is make .EXE's then it will work fine.
You shouldn't have any problem transfering it from VB 5 to 6.
If you want you could always download the free version of VB5 at Microsofts website which will let you make .EXE's and .OCX's.
Or you could find a friend or associate that has it and "borrow" it for a day...

Good Luck
-cl

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Thanks for taking the time to write me a reply so quickly :). I am a student at a Vocational school regarding programming. Getting a student version is a very good idea i will have to look into that.

Hey.

Transferring files from any version of vb to vb6 is just a simple matter of opening up the files in visual basic 6, it will notify you that the files were made in a previous version of vb and will tell you that the next time you save the files they will be saved as visual basic 6 files.

I believe that when using the learners edition you cannot compile your projects, i may however be mistaken.

Hope i have helped.

- n30n

You can compile your projects.
I use it and I compile mine all the time.
Don't start spreading lies.
Just kidding.

-cl

<a href="http://vb.wsoftware.net" target="_new">http://vb.wsoftware.net</a>

ok...

i didn't know that...

Oh well...

NE way while i'm talking here i should start laughing at you because i have a superior version of vb...

HA Ha...

aaahh its just not working...

yeah...

ne way...

i like kandy...

have a good life d00ds...


- n30n