Re: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-30 Thread Ian K
Michael Sullivan wrote: While we're on the subject of VB let me ask a question. I'm curious: Is there a clone of VB6 for Gentoo? I know about Gambas, but Gambas doesn't have a lot of the features I've grown used to in VB over the past several years, and I don't find the help system very

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-30 Thread Ric Messier
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Ian K wrote: Michael Sullivan wrote: While we're on the subject of VB let me ask a question. I'm curious: Is there a clone of VB6 for Gentoo? I know about Gambas, but Gambas doesn't have a lot of the features I've grown used to in VB over the past several years, and I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-29 Thread Antoine
Ivan Yosifov wrote: I asume you know M$ is dropping support for non-.NET VB... Could someone tell me exactly what this means? I am trying to convert the boss to Java and if this was something serious then I might have a better shot. Does it mean that non .NET will not run properly on their

Re: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-29 Thread A. Khattri
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Antoine wrote: Ivan Yosifov wrote: I asume you know M$ is dropping support for non-.NET VB... Could someone tell me exactly what this means? I am trying to convert the boss to Java and if this was something serious then I might have a better shot. Does it mean that non

Re: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-29 Thread Keith Gable
Yes, this is something serious. Know how 16 bit apps are depreciated in XP? Sort of the same thing. In Longhorn, non-.NET VB/C apps will run depreciated. C is not a problem; just recompile with VS 7.0's cc. VB, however, is. VB.NET is totally different from VB6. Fortunately, though, Sun has every

RE: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-29 Thread Dave Nebinger
Does it mean that non .NET will not run properly on their forthcoming pieces of vomit OSes? Nope, it just means that support for VB 6 and earlier versions of the development tool will not be supported. Applications built under VB 6 will still run (obviously as there is a huge installation base

Re: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-29 Thread Michael Sullivan
While we're on the subject of VB let me ask a question. I'm curious: Is there a clone of VB6 for Gentoo? I know about Gambas, but Gambas doesn't have a lot of the features I've grown used to in VB over the past several years, and I don't find the help system very helpful... -Michael Sullivan-

[gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-28 Thread Ian K
Hey everyone, I have some favors to ask of those who are interested. I am thinking of developing a new shell for Windows 2000/ME/XP (such as Aston), in Visual Basic (Yes, i know VB is worse than C++, but its the only language I know well enough to do something like this) and have a few simple

Re: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-28 Thread Ivan Yosifov
I asume you know M$ is dropping support for non-.NET VB... On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 17:19 +, Ian K wrote: Hey everyone, I have some favors to ask of those who are interested. I am thinking of developing a new shell for Windows 2000/ME/XP (such as Aston), in Visual Basic (Yes, i know VB is

Re: [gentoo-user] [VERY OT] A Windows shell Im creating

2005-03-28 Thread Eugene Rosenzweig
Ian K wrote: Hey everyone, I have some favors to ask of those who are interested. I am thinking of developing a new shell for Windows 2000/ME/XP (such as Aston), in Visual Basic (Yes, i know VB is worse than C++, but its the only language I know well enough to do something like this) and have a