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Hello Christina,

Visual Studio 6 is pretty stable right now.  VB 6 did have some distribution
issues, but there were resolved with a service pack (SP1 is a free download
from Microsoft).

You're friend is seriously misinformed.  All of the ActiveX controls and
components written for VB 5 will continue to work with VB 6.  VB 6 does ship
with some upgraded controls (common controls, listview, treeview, toolbar,
etc.) and there are some issues upgrading from earlier versions of these
controls, but earlier versions of these controls DO continue to work in VB
6.

The only thing that doesn't exist in VB 6 any more that I can think of is
the RDO Data Connection Designer, but that has been replaced with the new
ADO Data Enviornment designer.  RDO is still in VB 6 though, and you can use
it until your heart is content.

All and all, I think VB 6 and VS 6 are the way to go.  I personally wouldn't
go back.  I hope this helps,

Larry Tubbs Jr. MCP, MCSD
Silverleaf Resorts Inc., NYSE: SVR
mailto:ltubbs@sprintmail.com
http://home.sprintmail.com/~ltubbs/

Christina Fuentes wrote in message <73pnkg$b96@journal.concentric.net>...
>Hello guys,
>
>  I am a programmer (VB5 and Office97) for a company that develops imaging
>and database software for financial institutions. Lately, I have been
>considering the purchase of Visual Studio for my personal use at home and
>also for some contract development on the side. Right now, I do not have a
>personal copy of Visual Basic. I am interested in the entire studio suite
so
>I can experiment with VC++, Visual Java, and my old friend FoxPro.
>   Is Visual Basic 6.0 (or more specifically VS 6.0) a stable product at
>this time? I would appreciate anyone who has developed with this version to
>relate any experiences (positive and negative), especially in comparison to
>VB 5. Visual Studio 97 is still on the shelf and more popular at this time.
>Should I stick with the more proven product for now and just upgrade to VS
>6.0 a year down the road?
>    Also, I heard from a co-worker that VB 6.0 no longer supports ActiveX
or
>OLE controls. He said that it only uses the newer DCOM components, and if I
>want to develope an application using VB 6, I would have to upgrade all of
>my third party tools to the DCOM version when they become available. Is
this
>true, or is he seriously misinformed? It sounds uncredible.
>
>Please respond to me using this newsgroup.
>
>Christina
>
>
>