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    Where can I get Visual Basic???

    Does anyone know??? I wana make something in that

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    You can buy VB.NET Academic for ~$100 from most good software retailers.
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    Last edited by sunny; 27 Oct 2005 at 8:57 PM.
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    check out business computer auctions....one of my friends managed to buy Microsoft Visual Studio 6 (Professional Edition - 5/6 discs) 2nd hand with manuals, posters etc for <$30

    for HSC purposes you dont really need the latest and greatest...

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    mmmm, know where I can get a really basic version for free, to see if I like it or not? Sorta like a trial?

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    Re: Where can I get Visual Basic???

    dude just use vb from microsoft word i think the shortcut is alt + f11
    tats what we use at school to do it and u can also make a command button in the word doc for ur program to start up

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    Re: Where can I get Visual Basic???

    VBA in the Office suite is only a subset of VB - for starters you can't compile a program in VBA.
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    Re: Where can I get Visual Basic???

    just google VB express (its on MSDN), its free and its easier than VB if your a slack programmer

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