Visual Basic:

[Pathfinder]

Do any of you have suggestions for the best tutorial/book about programming with VB 6.0 for internet applications, and/or the best VB 6.0 tutorial links.

Thanks in advance.

[Tipsy]

Funnily enough the MSDN either on the CD or net is one of the best. One of the few things I like about MS is they do seem to like to help people develop stuff for windows. Obviously it only makes sense from a marketing point of view but is handy nevertheless.

www.vbcode.com is also handy, especially if you want to do something simple but new to you and can't find the documentation anywhere. Simple stuff can be the worst sometimes as everybody presume you know it so doesn't tell you how.

Also for Internet stuff check out the dart tools. The price is reasonable and one tool can save weeks of work. (www.dart.com I think)

[zubr]

MSDN is goddamn useless unless you know what you are looking for. Its got shitloads of information, but you gotta know exactly what you need... not newbie questions, and it wont teach you how to do something

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[Tipsy]

Originally posted by zubr
MSDN is goddamn useless unless you know what you are looking for. Its got shitloads of information, but you gotta know exactly what you need... not newbie questions, and it wont teach you how to do something

Gotta totally disagree. It's there and often easy enough to find if you know how to use it - the CD version especially normally will have the answer easily available. If you're do anything serious with any kind of programming language your stuffed from the start if you can't even figure out how to search effectively be it MSDN or elsewhere.

[Pathfinder]

Thanks guys. Checking into the info.

Tipsy are you still programming? Know of a decompiler for VB 6?

[FuqALot]

Originally posted by Pathfinder
Thanks guys. Checking into the info.

Tipsy are you still programming? Know of a decompiler for VB 6?

You can't decompile VB 6 programs.

[pipp]

Originally posted by Pathfinder
Do any of you have suggestions for the best tutorial/book about programming with VB 6.0 for internet applications, and/or the best VB 6.0 tutorial links.

Thanks in advance.

http://www.google.com/search?q=vb6%2Btutorial&hl=no&lr=

[Pathfinder]

Something that is compiled can be decompiled. Some claim to have VB 6 decompilers, but I can't seem to get my hands on one.

I have done some VB 6 programming but never for internet applications.

[Tipsy]

Yep - about 50% of the day is spent on non-adult stuff mainly writing VB or VC stuff.
You can decompile VB although I've never had a reason to try. There's a good market for software that fiddles with the source to prevent it being decompiled for this very reason.

Pathfinder - I'm far from being an expert but have done this crap commercially for a while now so hit me on ICQ or by mail if ya need anything. I'll help if I can.

[Pathfinder]

Tipsy:

Thanks. I may take you up on the offer at some point in time. I am going to have to spend some time overcoming a learning curve again, as it has been about three years since I have done any programming, and the older I get the worse my memory is. I have microsoft manuals for Visual Studio, and MSDN does seem to have some additional info.

By the way I found a guy that claimed to have a decompiler for VB 6 and I now have it, but it sucks and is not of much value.

You are right about trying to protect the source code, so decompilers often do not work anyhow. It certainly is a shortcut if you can see how certain software handles their procedures.