Visual Basic for Free?

[AsPeRiTy]

Ok well I have a class coming up in visual basic, I wanted to know if there is a free, yet legal way i can get my hands on a copy of visual basic. For instance I want to know if it is legal to redistribute the BETA version of Visual Studio 2005. Can anyone help me with this?

[moparfan90]

i dont know. but with the BETA thing i would go to microsoft and look at some of the faq's for that and if you can find anytihng then email support

[Genesis]

ha ha here

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/expres...c/default.aspx

first link on google for searching "visual basic beta"

I am a pretty experienced vb 6 programmer, so if you need help with anything then pm me

[moparfan90]

i have no idea what that is... what language is it in and what is i used for??

[AsPeRiTy]

well is the express edition any different from the visual basic if i got visual studio? I will be needing this for school so I don't really wanna get the express edition if its not gonna have all the functions.

[moparfan90]

i dont think you can get the full thing for free. well you can still get it but not legaly..

[AsPeRiTy]

oooo ok, well thanks anyway for the help. Hopefully my school can give me a copy or something when that starts.

[shunzone]

vb at schools is easy, don't waste time at home doing projects and stuff. in class time is more than enough

[dumbedout]

vb sux a huge lot. maybe i'm just not good enough, but man what a crappy language

[AsPeRiTy]

lol school vb is easy? good im taking a lot of honors this year and i was hoping it wouldn't be a problem...