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What are you installing? Visual C++.net? If you want something smaller and for educational purposes check out http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html Good luck :)
vb6
im installing visual c++ 2008 express addition use to have it but it was gone when i formatted my pc :P
i download Dev-C++ 4 from the link you gave me ?
yeah did you read about it? If you like it you can download it from the same website.i download Dev-C++ 4 from the link you gave me ?
isn't code blocks the same ?
yeah it is similar, you van use that too.isn't code blocks the same ?
Yes because the first thing I started working with was code blocks and I found it really similar to c++, if not the same; so i'll go again with code blocks.
I started again with c++ and to be honest i didn't like it i felt the same way like before and i made a little game today on vb6 :P ... while i didn't like c++ because its just a command prompt you cant move, animate or do anything ... if there is any program like c++ that you can act like vb6 (gaming shortcuts,or little animations I'll be happy to work with any ideas ? ...
C++ is hard. It'll take you some time before you get to the command line. You'll have to work your way through the whole OOP paradigm. But don't worry the possibilities of C++ are near limitless.
Just to give you an example of popular games that use C++:
Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, Mortal Kombat, Starcraft, Starcraft 2, Diablo, Diablo II, Doom III ... You could also check the KDE project, an entire desktop environment coded in C++ (using the Qt libraries, you'll learn that soon enough).
Anyway, C++ can act like vb6 and so much more. However it takes lots of time and practice.
If you want easier things, try a scripting language like Perl or Python. But my advice to you is really to chose one programming language and stick with it (for now) until you get a good level of knowledge in it.
Just to give you an example of popular games that use C++:
Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, Mortal Kombat, Starcraft, Starcraft 2, Diablo, Diablo II, Doom III ... You could also check the KDE project, an entire desktop environment coded in C++ (using the Qt libraries, you'll learn that soon enough).
Anyway, C++ can act like vb6 and so much more. However it takes lots of time and practice.
If you want easier things, try a scripting language like Perl or Python. But my advice to you is really to chose one programming language and stick with it (for now) until you get a good level of knowledge in it.
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well I'm still young and I think sticking to vb6 right now is better since i started with it in about 3 months and I already know a lot of codes and made a lot of stuff in it... so i think I'll keep on using it until the start of summer next year because i think in this time i would be able to master vb6 and then I'll move to c++ maybe it will be easier for me since I started with vb6 .
and as i recall AymanFarhat wrote once you start at something, make sure to continue until you finish it. and that's what I'll do . I still have a lot of years to reach university so why the rush.
and i can't really start with a hard language know since school started and i have all my studies and stuff
(if anyone would like to see the little applications I made with vb6 maybe to judge help give me advice or something he/she can pm me)
and as i recall AymanFarhat wrote once you start at something, make sure to continue until you finish it. and that's what I'll do . I still have a lot of years to reach university so why the rush.
and i can't really start with a hard language know since school started and i have all my studies and stuff
(if anyone would like to see the little applications I made with vb6 maybe to judge help give me advice or something he/she can pm me)
I'd like to see what you're working on. Post the source somewhere on the internet and send me the link.
I'll try to digg up some old vb 6 stuff i did ages ago
I have a keylogger , something to do mass "net send" on the LAN , a keyboard randomizer [ when user press a he sees v on screen , press a again he sees o etc.]
i have also another vb 6 that does a print screen , opens in full mode , u can't exit it , an the print screen refreshes ,, like this the user can see himself move the mouse on the screen, but when he tries to click nothing happens cuz he is clicking on an image
I had also a love calculator if u want :P
Lame stuff mostly but could be fun for u ballouta :P
If you are sticking to vb. why not vb.net ? it is easier , can do cooler stuff but of course bigger and more cumbersome to deploy :P but you are not worrying about that
and btw, are you interested in doing some database work *evil* ?
I have a keylogger , something to do mass "net send" on the LAN , a keyboard randomizer [ when user press a he sees v on screen , press a again he sees o etc.]
i have also another vb 6 that does a print screen , opens in full mode , u can't exit it , an the print screen refreshes ,, like this the user can see himself move the mouse on the screen, but when he tries to click nothing happens cuz he is clicking on an image
I had also a love calculator if u want :P
Lame stuff mostly but could be fun for u ballouta :P
If you are sticking to vb. why not vb.net ? it is easier , can do cooler stuff but of course bigger and more cumbersome to deploy :P but you are not worrying about that
and btw, are you interested in doing some database work *evil* ?
haha nice yeah why not
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Good luck then ballouta, have fun with your programming :)
thank you.
So how's it going so far?
its been a while... when I finish my homework's we have 5 pcs connected together we spend our time playing co-op games :P
ohh yeah far better than programming :P
anyone know the code for vb6 to make an object move using arrows ?i tried
Private Sub form_keydown(keycode As Integer, shift As Integer)
Select Case keycode
Case vbKeyW
Shape1.Top = Shape1.Top - 30
Case vbKeyA
Shape1.Left = Shape1.Left - 30
Case vbKeyS
Shape1.Top = Shape1.Top + 30
Case vbKeyD
Shape1.Left = Shape1.Left + 30
End Select
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
If Shape1.Top = Shape2.Top Then
Shape1.Top = Shape1.Top + 30
End If
If Shape1.Left = Shape2.Left Then
Shape1.Left = Shape1.Left + 30
End If
If Shape1.Top + Shape1.Height = Shape2.Top + Shape2.Height Then
Shape1.Top = Shape1.Top - 30
End If
If Shape1.Left + Shape1.Width = Shape2.Left + Shape2.Width Then
Shape1.Left = Shape1.Left - 30
End If
End Sub