Hi Jim,
Yes, in many ways Visual Basic .NET is like a new programming language
compared to Visual Basic 6. As you pointed out it is fully object
oriented rather than procedural programming which may come as something
as a new concept for old VB 6 programmers such as yourself. Not only
that but instead of the Visual Basic runtime environment and the
Win32API Visual Basic .NET uses the .NET Framework which is something
else a Visual Basic programmer must learn in order to switch to VB .NET.
However, having programmed in VB 6 and now VB .NET 2008 I much prefer VB
.NET for several reasons. Not the least of which Windows Vista and
Windows 7 natively support VB .NET applications out of the box, and VB 6
apps aren't.
As far as getting the user's application data folder in Visual Basic 6 I
think you should be able to do it. After all it is part of the Win32
API, but I don't have the proper code right off the top of my head. It
has been years since I touched VB 6, and I don't want to point you in
the wrong direction. If it were a matter of VB .NET I could easily give
you a code example since I am more familiar with VB .NET these days.
As far as viruses and other security issues goes it has a lot to do with
a persons computer habbits and use as well as basic security measures.
As you pointed out you don't make any use of instant messenging, don't
get on group sites like facebook.com or myspace.com, etc. I would also
say you probably have no interest in downloading software, music, and
movies via torrents. Bottom line, you only use a fraction of what the
internet has to offer, and you are at a lower risk of getting a virus or
some other nasty piece of malware as a result of it.
In my personal experience the security problem is two fold. Not only is
the computer not secure from a security point of view, but often the end
user makes heavy use of the internet downloading pirated music, movies,
software, photos, whatever without varifying it comes from a trusted
source. Often times these people fall victim to the old bate and switch
trick. They'll get an e-mail claiming there is a new recipe or naked
picture of some famous actress and the person opens the attachment only
to find it was a virus. There are lots and lots of ways to be infected,
but most of it comes down to not being careful, and not using proper
security tools and practices in the first place.
Smile.
Jim Kitchen wrote:
Hi Thomas,
Yes, I am still developing in VB6. I have been told that all Visual
Basic versions newer than that are a totally different type of
programming. You know the object oriented thing. And I have not been
able to rap my head around that since I have programmed in the other
type of Basic for 30 years.
I may be wrong here, but I do not believe that VB6 can support the
writing to the end users local directories thing. I did try looking
for that ability in VB6 and could not get it.
You are also correct that I run my computer as administrator all the
time.
Now I am going to jinx myself. I have in 30 years never had a virus,
hard drive crash, registry error or even had to re due a hard drive or
anything like that. I do run virus protection on my Internet computer
but have no other system tools. Well I do run the system hard drive
defrag, but that is it.
BFN
Jim
BTW I am not on AIM, AOL Instant messenger, BlinkNation, Face Book,
Handy, ICQ, Klango, msn, My space, Skype, System Access Mobile
Network, twitter, Vinux, Windows Live messenger, yahoo Messenger or
any Blog.
j...@kitchensinc.net
http://www.kitchensinc.net
(440) 286-6920
Chardon Ohio USA
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