Michaels Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Hello dear friends I would like to know which release of the Visual basic .Net is the best to use , because I have seen people still using the release of 2008 and very satisfied with it and do not want to move to 2010 or 2012 and this thing kept me confused I need your advice in this regard because I have the willing to start learning VB.net very soon to use it with Autocad . Thank you so much . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 not exactly an answer but I asked a similar question a couple of weeks back.... http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?83065-what-should-I-install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I would like to know which release of the Visual basic .Net is the best to use , because I have seen people still using the release of 2008 and very satisfied with it and do not want to move to 2010 or 2012 and this thing kept me confused I need your advice in this regard because I have the willing to start learning VB.net very soon to use it with Autocad . Just to clarify some terminology, if I may .... Visual Basic (VB) .NET is a commonly used language to develop software for the .NET Framework. Visual Studio is Microsoft's Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the .NET Framework, which is (generally speaking) essentially a large library of namespaces, Classes (Types), Properties, Methods, and Events, which can be accessed by multiple languages (Visual Basic, C#, F#, etc.). If you're just starting out with .NET development, I'd suggest that you download Visual Studio 2012 Express for Desktop while it is still available, as Autodesk has not yet released a .NET Wizard for Visual Studio 2013 Express... You can still code plug-ins for AutoCAD with Visual Studio 2013 Express, you just have to setup your own templates. As you're new, I thought it might save you a step. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaels Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thank you both for replying to me , that helped a lot . I need to install the program now Many thanks again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaels Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 I finished the download but I can not see any shortcut of the program neither on Desktop and the Start menu of Windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 If you used the default install location, create a desktop shortcut pointing to the file: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\VSWinExpress.exe" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaels Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 If you used the default install location, create a desktop shortcut pointing to the file: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\VSWinExpress.exe" Thank you SEANT for your reply . I have just finished the installation of the Program and it looks great , many thanks for you all . I faced a problem that the Toolbox and the file name is not beside each other , how to get them side by side ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I finished the download but I can not see any shortcut of the program neither on Desktop and the Start menu of Windows If you used the default install location, create a desktop shortcut pointing to the file: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\VSWinExpress.exe" You can also simply Right Click + Drag a copy of the shortcut found in Start, All Programs, Microsoft Visual Studio* to your desktop, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 You can also simply Right Click + Drag a copy of the shortcut found in Start, All Programs, Microsoft Visual Studio* to your desktop, etc. Good point. Though, with Windows 8.*, "Start, All Programs, . . . ." will be hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 ... with Windows 8.*, "Start, All Programs, . . . ." will be hard to find. I do think it silly that the Start button was removed from Win8 OOTB... Have you tried Start8, or similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Actually, I haven't. I'm fairly new to Windows 8 on an x86, and decided to give it a legitimate try before modifying much. If I feel to much aggravation I probably will give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Actually, I haven't. I'm fairly new to Windows 8 on an x86, and decided to give it a legitimate try before modifying much. If I feel to much aggravation I probably will give that a try. Not sure when I'll upgrade to Win8, I just remember reading an article on this topic... If you give this a try, let us know how it goes? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I am (now) on W7 at work since being upgraded from XP but I have Win8 at home. I find it OK but I rarely go to the Win8 screen much prefering the Start8 interface. Win8 may be perfect for a touch screen but certainly not for a mouse user. And if you like playing card games Start8 allows you to resize the window to something sensible. Cards full screen on a large monitor is not comfortable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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