IS VB REALLY EASY TO LEARN??
Visual Basic requires you have the runtime component installed on the
computer your program runs on. In the case of VB5 the runtime DLL is about
1.3 MB. If you include other references such as the DAO Library or other
components. The overall program distribution size can blossom very quickly.
You can distribute your program without any DLL support but those who don't
have the required DLLs will not be able to run your programs.
As for the ease of use with VB, it is all relative. It is pretty easy
to build a database shell but it is much more difficult to deal with the
Win32 API or some more advanced functions of VB.
SPiNaL
Quote:
>I've never programmed in Visual Basics. I have written a pretty simple
>program in Power Builder. This simple (uses only two data tables) but very
>functional program is almost 10 megabytes when you include all of the
>necessary files...
>I hear that VB is easy to use. IS IT TRUE?
>If I bought VB5, would I be able to write a simple database program without
>buying a bunch of third party stuff and create a nice looking program (exe
&
>dll's) that less than 2 megs?
>Any input would be appreciated..
>Don
