petition to save VB!

[aaron.kempf]

try this dude

The %SystemRoot% variable is a special system-wide environment
variable found on Microsoft Windows NT and its derivatives.

ok.. well what about Windows 95? I still use Windows 95; I've got this
media center box; it's called a Compaq PC Theater 9000. And it has
about TWENTY input chains

it is the center of my entertainment center.. and it runs Windows 95.
Of _COURSE_ it's not on the internet

how do I tell which version of the framework is on that machine?

do you guys remember the joke 'if Detroit was run by Microsoft'

the cars would keep getting BIGGER and BIGGER and BIGGER and SLOWER

 

[Mike Hofer]

wait a second kid

wikipedia says it doesn't work

the 'article was released before 3.0 came out' is _NOT_ an acceptable
answer.
how do i know which version of 3.0 I have?? it's not in the document

killFile THIS!

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- Show quoted text -

My last post to this thread and I'm done.

..NET 3.0 is a "title" only for a conglomeration of technologies. It
does not involve a new version of the framework. It's version 2.0 of
the Framework, combined with various other .NET-based technologies
(like SQL Server and a couple other hoohas); it's just branding. So
CodeMonkey's answer works just fine. If you query for the version of
the Framework on a machine with ".NET 3.0" on it, you'll get a 2.0
Framework version number (plus any additional framework version
numbers you're running, since they can all be installed in parallel,
and applications specify which version they want to target).

I'm outta here.

 

[aaron.kempf]

that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life
oh.. we're 'going to call it vb.net' but it's no longer called dotnet
oh we're going to call it '3.0' but it's not really a framework

when Microsoft stops reading strategy off of the back of a friggin
cracker jax box is when I stop this infatada


AND FOR THE RECORD, THE ANSWER FROM CODEMONKEY DOES NOT SUPPORT
WINDOWS 98. IT IS AN INCOMPLETE ANSWER.

-Aaron

 

[aaron.kempf]

no, it doesn't work on Windows 98.

Sorry.


I would reccomend that in the future-- when Microsoft decides to build
a 'framework to end all frameworks' that they consider things like THE
DESKTOP

 

[BogusID]

I don't want to turn back time

I just want a replacement language with 100% of the functionality
I don't accept mediocrity

I don't accept the premise that a company with $60 BILLION CASH can't
create BUG-FREE SOFTWARE.
I don't care WHAT your CompSci professor taught you.

IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. When he told you that; it was inconcievable that
any company would ever have $60 BN in cash.
I just won't use an IDE that is a slug
I just won't use an IDE that crashes

I want to be able to cut and paste code in between Excel, Access,
Outlook, SQL DTS, SQL Server JOBS, VB, DHTML and ASP.

Can VB.net do _ANY_ of those things?

If I made a tasklist of the 12 applications I've consumed VB6 in the
past decade-- would VB.net cover ONE of them?

-Todos

I want it all
I want it now
I want it free

So why don't you go out and buy the rights for Borland's Turbo Basic, update
the engine and compete with MS yourself?

I'm staying with VB6.0E for as long as it runs, and I also hate .net for the
fat unstable pig it is.

That being said, my car is a tool, i didn't build it, i just drive it.
Sometimes you must make concessions, its called life.

Move on, go outside and play!

 

[BogusID]

You're a little guy living in a big companies world.
You must play by their rules, or find another game.

They do not care what you think, since they are not making any money off of
you.

Companies that pay programmers dictate what tools are used, and usually have
rules about the style, methods and libraries used as well.

So unless you own your own company and make lots of cash already...

Get over it, go outside and play.

 

[BogusID]

<belch>
Get over it, go outside and play.

 

[BogusID]

Can I take a SQL Server 2000 DTS package and save it as VB.net?

Stick a friggin fork in it until I can, bud

-Susie

You can try.
Or you can get over it, go outside and play.

 

[BogusID]

Bye bye, all past present and future reincarnations of your bad from and
childish unrealistic character will be killfiled without response.
---END

 

[aaron.kempf]

at least I have the balls to complain about it

Vb6 is not dead yet.. we can _STILL_ use VB6 in more places than
VB.net

so i'm over it


at least I have the balls to stick up for my language

 

[RobinS]

And now, I'll eat crow and take my own advice. I should have read the
quote chain.

My sincerest apologies.

Welcome back. And you're right, I wasn't talking about you. I was talking
about TodosMenos.

And just to save you some future grief, he also goes by susiedba,
dbahooker, aaronkempf, larrylinson, BogusID, and there's probably a couple
I've forgotten.

Have fun.
Robin S.

 

[RobinS]

And furthermore, I think it's just time to killfile him.

He has a bunch of aliases; check my post to Mike Hofer if you want to
killfile all of them.

Robin S.

 

[RobinS]

Welcome back. And you're right, I wasn't talking about you. I was talking
about TodosMenos.

And just to save you some future grief, he also goes by susiedba,
dbahooker, aaronkempf, larrylinson, BogusID, and there's probably a
couple I've forgotten.

Have fun.
Robin S.

Oh, wait, I think I was wrong about BogusID! Sorry! There's so many, I got
one mixed up in there.

Robin S.

 

[BogusID]

And just to save you some future grief, he also goes by susiedba,
dbahooker, aaronkempf, larrylinson, BogusID, and there's probably a couple
I've forgotten.

Have fun.
Robin S.

Hello,

BogusID is NOT associated with susiedba, dbahooker, aaronkempf, larrylinson.
I'm also not sure about larrylinson, that one is not in my killfile ... yet.

I'm a VB developer fairly recent to the group, just learning who to try and
have dialog with, and who to killfile to preserve my time.

I'm not bad, just matter of fact.

Regards,
David

 

[RobinS]

Hello,

BogusID is NOT associated with susiedba, dbahooker, aaronkempf,
larrylinson.
I'm also not sure about larrylinson, that one is not in my killfile ...
yet.

I'm a VB developer fairly recent to the group, just learning who to try
and have dialog with, and who to killfile to preserve my time.

I'm not bad, just matter of fact.

Regards,
David

Yes, I owned up to the fact that I accidentally grouped you in with
HeWhoShallNotBeNamed. Sorry about that.

Sometimes he uses larrylinson, sometimes larrylinsonjr. And now he's
posting as "Todos Menos [MSFT]" (or something like that) over in the C#
group. I guess he's trying to spread the annoyance around. ;-)

Robin S.

 

[BogusID]

Hello,

BogusID is NOT associated with susiedba, dbahooker, aaronkempf,
larrylinson.
I'm also not sure about larrylinson, that one is not in my killfile ...
yet.

I'm a VB developer fairly recent to the group, just learning who to try
and have dialog with, and who to killfile to preserve my time.

I'm not bad, just matter of fact.

Regards,
David

Yes, I owned up to the fact that I accidentally grouped you in with
HeWhoShallNotBeNamed. Sorry about that.

Sometimes he uses larrylinson, sometimes larrylinsonjr. And now he's
posting as "Todos Menos [MSFT]" (or something like that) over in the C#
group. I guess he's trying to spread the annoyance around. ;-)

Robin S.

Hello Robin,

Yes, regrettably I had responded before reading further down the tree

I found a web page for him.
<http://piv.pivpiv.dk/>

 

[RobinS]

And just to save you some future grief, he also goes by susiedba,
dbahooker, aaronkempf, larrylinson, BogusID, and there's probably a
couple I've forgotten.

Have fun.
Robin S.

Hello,

BogusID is NOT associated with susiedba, dbahooker, aaronkempf,
larrylinson.
I'm also not sure about larrylinson, that one is not in my killfile ...
yet.

I'm a VB developer fairly recent to the group, just learning who to try
and have dialog with, and who to killfile to preserve my time.

I'm not bad, just matter of fact.

Regards,
David

Yes, I owned up to the fact that I accidentally grouped you in with
HeWhoShallNotBeNamed. Sorry about that.

Sometimes he uses larrylinson, sometimes larrylinsonjr. And now he's
posting as "Todos Menos [MSFT]" (or something like that) over in the C#
group. I guess he's trying to spread the annoyance around. ;-)

Robin S.

Hello Robin,

Yes, regrettably I had responded before reading further down the tree

I found a web page for him.
<http://piv.pivpiv.dk/>

ROFL. THanks; I needed that.

Robin

 

[Branco Medeiros]

BogusID wrote:

I found a web page for him.
<http://piv.pivpiv.dk/>

<snip>

Do you have more of that? Please?

=))))

Branco.

 

[BogusID]

BogusID wrote:

<snip>

Do you have more of that? Please?

=))))

Branco.

Branco (meaning white in Portuguese)

So, you are thirsty for more?
OK, here ya go!

<http://poetry.rotten.com/refreshment/>

 

[RobinS]

Branco (meaning white in Portuguese)

So, you are thirsty for more?
OK, here ya go!

<http://poetry.rotten.com/refreshment/>

That's disgusting!!

Robin S.