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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 28 2005 : 7:38:24 PM
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I'll delete this post after March 31 (in just a few days) because that's when this offer expires.
Visit http://www.realsoftware.com/vb6/ and get a free license for the Standard (Win and Mac) versions of RealBasic. I've been playing with already for a few days and it looks really interesting. It's MUCH better than PheonixBasic and XBasic. I haven't done much with it yet, but it looks very promising. It's apparently fully OO, which can be a pain for converting VB6 code, but it's a nice progression. There IS a converter but I haven't tried it yet.
There is apparently a new version they're about to release, so that combined with the latest MS news about the VB6 petition, is the reason for this giveaway. As I said earlier, it's only the Standard Edition. To compile for Linux you'll need the Professional version.
One thing I've noticed is that when compiling a simple "empty form" application it's quite large, about 2 MB. However, that's MUCH smaller than the 100+MB download for .NET, and there are no runtime dependencies because everything is compiled into the .exe file.
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dxgame
Knave
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2005 : 07:22:47 AM
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I just love freebies like this, thanks for posting!
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cbx
Swordmaster
Canada
296 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2005 : 01:48:24 AM
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| Thanks for the link! I'm trying it out right now. It's got built in support for 3D and sprite manipulation and so much more, sweet! |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2005 : 11:11:03 AM
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Thanks a lot, I've installed it here, looks promising.  |
Whatever. Who knows... |
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ballistik
Moderator
72 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2005 : 11:20:46 PM
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Nice, I haven't used it yet but thanks for the link. I'll check it out. I've heard it's a decent language, guess now I will find out for sure how it is.  |
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Apr 03 2005 : 8:27:04 PM
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| It looks like the deadline as been extended to April 8, 2005, so if you haven't got a free license yet go get one! Why are you still reading this. I said go. Now. |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2005 : 4:31:20 PM
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It's been extented until April 15th.
BTW, if you want to support me and didn't get your copy already, grab it through this link. 
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cbx
Swordmaster
Canada
296 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2005 : 4:33:46 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by VBBR
It's been extented until April 15th.
BTW, if you want to support me and didn't get your copy already, grab it through thislink.
Dam! you beat me to it! |
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