Hi, I recently aquired a copy of visual basic 6.0 which I need to do an assignment on, and when I attempted to install it, I was given an error. When I tried to install, it said it was searching for compnents or something similar, and then stopped responding.
I couldn't get it working, so I entered a folder named 'VB98' and attempted to use the EXE in there, the splash screen appeared, and I was given an error 'Unexpected Error; Quitting'
I need this for an important assignment that need to be completed soon, and I'm running out of ideas, I was working on it at another computer, but the files became corrupted and I lost them. For reference, I was making a lotto Autopick program, that takes a users details (name, current date, type of game[standard -7 numbers- or system -13 numbers-], and number of games, then prints the numbers on a final, printable form).
Any help would be extremely helpful.
Ill upload the portable version to somewhere if you want, that might work
You should get Visual Basic 2008, what made you get VB6 in the first place?
My first question is, does it HAVE to be done in VB6 or can you use VB.net or something else. VB6's ide might just not work on a newer os.
As for the error, you'd probably have to post a screenshot. But I'd imagine you are missing a requirement for the program, like the runtimes or whatever. I remember it had a couple things you had to install before it would even try to run the installer.
Well, the program we are learining has been VB6, and as far as I know, that the only one I'm allowed to use, unfortunately.
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[QUOTE=Bladerunner1;17153508]Ill upload the portable version to somewhere if you want, that might work[/QUOTE]
that would be great, if you could.
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Cancel the search, I managed to find a portable version that's now working. Thanks for anyone that helped.
You could try running the exe in compatibility mode.
why are you learning an outdated language?
[QUOTE=cas97;17165888]why are you learning an outdated language?[/QUOTE]
My thought exactly.
[QUOTE=cas97;17165888]why are you learning an outdated language?[/QUOTE]
I think schools teach it because it is simpler to understand and it's much cheaper to buy licenses for. (And also the teachers are more likely to have learned vb6 at school rather than .net)
[QUOTE=Mattz333;17166074]I think schools teach it because it is simpler to understand and it's much cheaper to buy licenses for. (And also the teachers are more likely to have learned vb6 at school rather than .net)[/QUOTE]
Ugh that sucks for them. I'm glad I had a real comp sci grad for my teacher in high school.
[QUOTE=Mattz333;17166074]I think schools teach it because it is simpler to understand and it's much cheaper to buy licenses for. (And also the teachers are more likely to have learned vb6 at school rather than .net)[/QUOTE]
But why sort of "ruin" the students? Why teach them an outdated language - it'll be even more outdated by the time you finish your course or whatever you're doing.
Because my school can't care less about the tech students, it's all about the Sports people. For example, on a regular assembly, a person was congratulated for doing well in a state-wide scienc/technology contest, while maybe twenty or twenty five people were congratulated for sports achievements, and this was in the so-called 'Science Week' where sport is supposed to be down-played.
But that aside, I got my program finished, and I friggin' lagged and it wasn't even that complicated. Damn piece a shit funding. Sorry for tha rant.
[QUOTE=Within;17172677]But why sort of "ruin" the students? Why teach them an outdated language - it'll be even more outdated by the time you finish your course or whatever you're doing.[/QUOTE]
Mainly because Computing in my school is a popular subject, and very few people actually go on to do programming. Programming in my school is really just showing students how a program could be written.
Out of my whole year, I am the only person doing a programming degree, and there are about 2 other people who are going to do computer science. So it would be a bit of a waste of time and money if they tried to teach us VB.net and had to buy licenses for a lot of computers.
It's a pity they haven't considered the OSS (hear that, rms? I called GCC "open source") alternatives.
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