Include Visual Basic 6.0 by default on the next version of Windows !
Please include Visual Basic 6.0 by default on the next version of Windows !
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Anonymous commented
The more I learn JAVA, C# and JavaSscript the more I love VB6....We all need VB6 on Windows, that simple...
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Anonymous
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i love vb6, with .net i was never happy with.
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cha
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I would pay any reasonable price for an updated IDE ! Our company will use vb6 until 2025 and beyond.
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Good idea.
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Damon
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Great to see VB6 programming continuing. And why not add VB6 to Windows? It would add value.
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Microsoft's Have a support statement for VB6 programming...
The Visual Basic team is committed to "It Just Works" compatibility for Visual Basic 6.0 applications on the following supported Windows operating systems:
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 7
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 including R2
Windows Server 2008 including R2https://docs.microsoft.com/en-sg/visualstudio/vb6/vb6-support
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ms788708 -
Anonymous
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Vb6 is my life. Our company's products all written in VB6.
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ARM brings back VB6 programming
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Add the VB6 programming IDE to Windows 10. The VB6 Runtime is already in Windows 10.
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Keep VBA programming in Office
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Yes, add VB6 programming to Windows and keep VBA programming in Office.
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marcus
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Microsoft support VB6 on the Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 operating systems:-
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-za/dotnet/visual-basic/reference/vb6-support
I use the VB6 programming, VBA programming and VBScript programming languages.
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Anonymous
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Crowd fund the $1 million+ cost to open source VB6 and Microsoft might consider it.
Open sourcing a large development environment + compiler + libraries + all of the 100s of difficult c based com APIs used by VB6 is a non-trivial operation.
Anyone care to volunteer for free at MS for 6 months to evaluate open sourcing VB6?
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Anonymous
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No. Ship a Windows 10 VM with VB6 development tools installed. Commit to maintaining that as a MS supported VB6 development environment until VB6 is retired.
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May 2107 Tiobe Index
==================In the May 2017 Tiobe.com survey...
Visual Basic has climbed to .... 2.347% and is now at position #12
C# has fallen to .......................3.457% and is now at position #5
VB.Net climbed to ...................3.391% and is now at position #6
Whatever Microsoft try, VB6 continues, while C# declines.
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Marco
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I love vb6
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Anonymous
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Microsoft could do this easily.
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Anonymous
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Yes, please do this.
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Anonymous
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Yes, please do this. VB6 programming free as part of Windows.
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Marc Gordon
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Why would Microsoft not do this ?
It is so obvious and would cost Microsoft nothing. -
paul
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There is a new 4.7 release of the VB6 installer...
http://nuke.vbcorner.net/Articles/VB60/VisualStudio6Installer/tabid/93/language/en-US/Default.aspx
This has been tested on Windows 10 version 1607
The Visual Studio install wizard installs the VB6 programming IDE and language on Windows 10 (and also Windows 7 and 8).
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Richard Collier
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Good suggestion. What reason could Microsoft have for not doing this ?
