Talk:Visual Basic/History

TYPO last sentence third paragraph: "VB6 can be compile either..." should begin: "VB6 can be compiled either..." 173.76.7.58 (discuss) 10:08, 5 October 2011 (UTC)malichii@gmail.com

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Visual_Basic/History " With version 5.0 (February 1997), Microsoft released Visual Basic exclusively for 32-bit versions of Windows. Programmers who preferred to write 16-bit programs were able to import programs written in Visual Basic 4.0 to Visual Basic 5.0, and Visual Basic 5.0 programs can easily be converted with Visual Basic 4.0. Visual Basic 5.0 also introduced the ability to create custom user controls, as well as the ability to compile to native Windows executable code, speeding up runtime code execution. Visual Basic 6.0 (Mid 1998) improved in a number of areas, including the ability to create web-based applications using Internet Explorer. Visual Basic 6 is no longer supported. " 1)    converted with Please link to further details or rephrase.  Is this a 'compile' process or some kind of 'import' procedure 2)     This seems incomplete. MS currently offers VB Express and Studio... level packages. A brief history of how these all relate and intervening development stages is of interest to me ... and perhaps others. More detail regarding 'Getting Started' at low prices and the consequences of reduced level of functionality and later migration would help me and, I hope, may become clearer as I read on. I am in a special case and would greatly benefit from System Requirements information... I have inherited an iMac running Snow Leopard 10.8.6 and have not installed a Windows environment yet [cannot afford and don't really know how or whether to upgrade to Lion and try to get registered, etc. as am retired and unsure whether I will get very far with building the APP/Widgets I am trying to design.]

173.76.7.58 (discuss) 10:41, 5 October 2011 (UTC)malichii@gmail.com

Getting Started needs a bit more introductory material
"Start VB" Seems simple but given my current situation, where do I get VB? Will it run on my iMac [see above] or will I need a whole new machine or need to load a Windows environment onto this one? Is VB6 available as a free download as is Express? If VB6 requires a different system, why not go to Express? Why should I be doing this if I must eventually upgrade to some form of VB10 or 11...?

I see that: "This page was last modified on 17 November 2010, at 04:26." which is only somewhat reassuring since anyone could have made some small change and this Discussion I am trying to start might sit idle and unresponded to for some time. I have never been sure how to come back to an area where I have made comments and hope anyone offering guidance will also send me an email. 173.76.7.58 (discuss) 12:03, 5 October 2011 (UTC)malichii@gmail.com