geo1st487

My opinion is that the VB is the best programming language but have 2 disadvantages:

1. VB can't create a single EXE, with no run-times nor dependencies.
2. VB is slow.

But the advantages is that VB is easy to learn and using VB can create the everything (If use advanced activeX controls and DLLs which maybe create with C++ from other programmers)

I wait when disappeared the disadvantages of VB.

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Volte

To be fair, VB is not "slow" if you use it properly. The dependency thing I
agree with, although C++ has dependencies too; they're just included with
Windows. In fact, VB's run-times (though not many of the OCX controls)
are included with Windows too (newer Windowses at least).

geo1st487

VB is more slow from C++ and Delphi.
If send VB application (only .exe file) in d: drive which is empty then have problem whereas Delphi and C++ application run correctly.
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crazycheetah

I just felt like adding my $0.02

C++ has more OOP in it than VB, but VB also has a much smaller learning curve. Also, VB can develop applications with much faster development time, than many other languages.

*shrug*

JimCamel

In regards to what you said about putting VB in it's own directory, if you copy all the required files to c:\windows\system (or \system32 depending on your OS), and run regsvr32 on them, you should be able to run VB with out the files (assuming that they're not program depending, like .ini files)

geo1st487

I have 2 partitions on my hard disk (c: & d. In c: is installed my
windows and d: is empty. If copy the my VB application (only .exe file) in d: then have problem.

Why VB develop applications with much faster development time, than Visual C++ and Delphi?

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Kaluriel

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Originally Posted by geo1st487
I have 2 partitions on my hard disk (c: & d. In c: is installed my
windows and d: is empty. If copy the my VB application (only .exe file) in d: then have problem.

Why VB develop applications with much faster development time, than Visual C++ and Delphi?

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it shouldn't matter where your exe file is as long as the same files that are required in the same folder as the exe are with it

crazycheetah

I have 2 windows partitions on my hard drive, C and D. i can put any kind software i want on the empty D drive, and i'll be fine. So it's not VB's fault that this is happening to you...

Edit: and like Kaluriel said, you can't always just move the exe file. that will cause the problem. but if you move all of the necessary files, it will work fine...

geo1st487

Crazycheetah do you try to install on the empty drive D a VB application?
The shared files (e.g. *.ocx, *.dll) where was installed?
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crazycheetah

I always installed the ocx and dll files into the system folder (C:\WINDOWS\System\ for example) on my win98 machine... and if i don't do that then i put them in the same folder as my exe file.
put on the empty D drive, it works great, for me.

excaliber

On the note of speed, its all about the coder. I've seen C code run much slower than VB because of poor coding.

Win 2000 and XP have all the needed dependencies, dont they? No need to install, right?

excaliber

I install the dependencies in the system folder as well, so that i can use them for other apps too. Its alot cleaner than dropping them in the app's folder

my $.02

reboot

There is no such thing as a 'best' programming language.