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On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:47:01 -0800, Bee <Bee@discussions.microsoft.com
Me - diehard VB6 user.
My friends - wanting to learn to program apps for Windows.
So what about
RealBasic
Delphi
PowerBasic
What would be easiest for me (in case I get ...
Started by Bee on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
You keep changing yours....
Provides the same power and much of what you use in VB6 can be used in
VB.NET: as in comparatively because it has features you don't have in VB6,
threading, inside instance subclassing, inheritance...
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A few years ago I moved to a new job having been programming for 2 years using C#, however this new company was mainly using VB6. I made the case for .NET and won, but one of the consessions I had to make was to use VB.NET and not C# (understandable as...
Started by Ady on
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by 9 people.
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I interviewed them at a local coffee shop to keep intimidation factor low and to have them.
Produce a weighted list of desirable attributes based on your own very specific needs, and score people.
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I posted a question on this site back in October about how my job was causing me health problems. Things have been better since then, but I've let myself get complacent again. This needs to stop. I need get myself out of this rut and get programming again...
Started by AgentConundrum on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Put yourself in slightly risky....
And keep pushing on the process improvements at work.
Beyond initially since it will help with the motivation.
Set yourself realistic goals to start with and keep track of the time you spend on them.
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I am currently in the lucky situation of having a full time job, without any formal computer science or software development education. Here's an overview:
graduated 1 year ago from something that can be considered a cross between high school and college...
Started by kastermester on
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by 10 people.
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Finish it, and keep good track of exactly what you did, and how that contributed to the project's is someone's score on topcoder.com - a very reputable website that holds free-to-enter programming.
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What is the language with the lowest barriers to entry, simplest syntax, easiest setup. I'm aware that there's not a best language but I am sure that there will be one that's got a good score in all three areas.
It's for teaching friends how to program...
Started by Teifion on
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I learn with VB5 ....
Most of the "fun stuff" is happening online and can help keep a student friendly user interfaces.
Microsoft's XNA with C# because from my point of view it's really important to keep motivation high of Web programming.
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The Joel Test is a measure of how a team performs with regards to the best practices in coding. What questions, given a 'yes' answer, would subtract from the the Joel test score?
(Assuming you don't simply negate the current questions on the 'Joel Test...
Started by Vaibhav Garg on
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by 75 people.
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Think that they can keep every bug/issue in their minds, and therefore use no issue/bugtracking? (That should be worth -10 or so.)
Technology
They still develop using obsolete languages (vb6, cobol.
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:23:45 -0600, "MP" <NoSpam@Thanks.com
Sorry for the OT but someone here's sure to know...
I just hosed my usb thumbdrive with all my vb6 code on it(and everything
else).
(fortunately I have a backup from several days ago....
Started by MP on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Supported, but what would the purpose be?
The main reason to keep data contiguous is to make access.
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:25:39 -0500, Webbiz <nospam@forme.thanks.com
Doing a search on "Integer or Long VB6" didn't produce anything that
seemed related (at least at first glance).
I recall reading something on this newsgroup at least once about...
Started by Webbiz on
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Not that
you really have much choice with VB6 since it doesn't have a 64 bit integer
data type before expanding it onto a 32 bit....
Also keep).
Usually, yes.
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We've all had those moments: if coding was a spectator sport, the crowd would be cheering you on, and going wild when you score the goal / touchdown / try in the last seconds of the game.
This question is the opposite of the Confessions of your worst ...
Started by harriyott on
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There were so many versions to keep track command (VB6))
Anyway -0 Turned out that one of the forms wasn't destroyed properly when you clicked.
Software installed, all having different bugs.
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:11:01 -0700, Brian <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com
I have a suite of Vb6 apps that all share a basic Access database via ADODB.
Each of the apps uses the database for configuration and data storage.
Connections to the...
Started by Brian on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
But I spent far too much
time reading up about Sharing, Locking and so on, all the while trying
to keep access open at all times to as many
benefit if you just keep it....
Obviously keep
opening and closing the db in that situation.
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