Help with Basics

[okeydoekey]

I have two cd's ms visual c++ and vb 6.0 working model edition. I am a newbe to programming and would like to create a .exe file out of vb code but of course can't with the learning cd. I have (no hightlighted save as exe).

Can I use the visual c++ professional edition (that I might as well give to someone because I am not using it) to compile the vb code??? [][][][

Hope the question makes sense! Thank you in advance for any help or pointers you can provide.

 

[xwb]

You could download the Express/Beta of 2005 edition from the MS site. It is free but pretty big. It is not VB6: more like VB.net and it does create an exe.

Hang on to the VC++: it has useful tools that may or may not exist in VB like depends.exe (tells you what DLLs a program uses) and spy++ (tells you what messages a program is receiving).

It is also useful for noddy programs that hammer comm ports. You can do the same in VB but the speed just isn't there.