I suggest VB for screen development tool. You will suprise how fast you
will learn VB.

KTL

Please note: This message is cross-posted to the C++  and basic group (or
             at least I will try to cross post this thing).

I have been asked to evaluate Visual Basic versus Visual C++ for future
development needs in this shop. Since I have never seen either, I thought
the net might be able to give me some input.

Background info:

We are currently running under UNIX, using C, Informix, and Vermont Views (and
don;t worry if you never even heard of that User interface developers tool ;-)).
Over the past few years we have developed an umbrella software system used in
field office around the country for all kinds of conservation efforts.
Since this software runs under UNIX, it is currently not easy for individual
farmers to have access to the software or the database.

So now people are thinking of moving to a Windows (95 or NT) environment. Since
the umbrella siftware system can not be moved to a PC (It's too big), we would
would allow individuals to download parts of the whole system, run it on their
PC along with down loaded data, and later they could upload the data back to
the central system.

Database engine would be either Informix on both the UNIX and the DOS side, or
Informix for the UNIX side and MS-Access on the dos side. The question is:
What would be the better screen development tool, Visual Basic or Visual C++?
Keep in mind that we are a shop with alot of VERY experienced C programmers,
which has me leaning towards C++.

What do you think?

Thanks

Ute

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 > Please note: This message is cross-posted to the C++  and basic group (or
 > at least I will try to cross post this thing).
 > I have been asked to evaluate Visual Basic versus Visual C++ for future
 > development needs in this shop. Since I have never seen either, I thought
 > the net might be able to give me some input.

 You thought wrong, at least partially. Visual Basic is NOT on topic
 in comp.lang.basic.misc and Visual C++ is NOT on topic in comp.lang.c++.

 VC++ q's belong in the comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.* hierarchy,
 VB-WIN belongs in the same hierarchy OR the comp.lang.basic.visual.*
 hierarchy.

 > What do you think?

  I think both langauges suck, because they run on a wannabe OS that
  can't stay running for more than an hour strait without falling into
  a endless loop of GPF's. You did ask. You want a real opinion?
  Try VC++, is should support ANSI/POSIX C and assuming this is what
  the project was written in, should be much more portable.