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In comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools roger@oit.itd.umich.edu (Roger Espinosa) writes:

>Okay, so the local campus store (complete with discounts) finally had
>Visual Basic for Windows on display. I always knew that the Professional
>Edition came with some "extras," but was never sure *what*. The DOS versions
>seem to differ mainly in terms of ISAM support, as far as I could tell.

>But the Standard and Professional Windows packages seem *really* different.
>I saw nothing about "multimedia" on the Standard box, but a lot of requirements
>on the Professional edition -- that plus the email, comm tools, etc.

  Essentially the Pro version adds some controls: a comm tool, a "gas guage",
  some 3d controls, a "multimedia" control, ISAM (?), a few others.  Also
  a MS knowledgebase help file (somewhat useful though a good VB book is 
  better), the Win 3.1 help compiler, custom control documentation, and the
  Setup kit (use the standard installer for your own apps).

  The extra controls are nice if you need them, many of the extra controls
  can be "simulated" by extra coding with the Standard edition.  The 
  multimedia stuff is available by writing VB code to access the Windows API.
  The biggest difficulty with doing your own is finding documentation for
  API...

>Anyway, can someone offer some advice as to which edition would be best
>for doing multimedia application on an *Ultimedia* machine? With all IBM-type
>multimedia hardware (which, I'm guessing, could mean that the built-ins 
>in the Professional box won't help me diddly...)

  I would think the IBM hardware is installed the same as everybody else
  does it - by drivers installed in the Windows control panel, in which
  case VB would access it as a virtual device (just like any other multimedia
  add-in)...  Someone correct me here if I'm wrong.

>There's quite a bit of price difference, and I guess I'm not sure if 
>you can *do* everything with the Standard box (and the Professional just 
>lets you at it faster), or you *need* the Professional package to do
>multimedia (sound, images, video, etc...)

  Essentially you are the best judge of your needs.. You can pretty much do
  everything with the Standard Edition, but the Pro edition does have some
  nice bonuses.  It depends on what you plan to do with it, if it's just
  for one project for a class I would save the cash, if you are developing
  a great deal then the pro version will save some time.

>Thanks!
>Roger
 
  Hope this helps...
  - Galen -
  galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com