vbnet installation question

[Jim]

Please don't laugh--I'm serious about this--

I finally got around to installing the copy of VBNet I bought last summer.

I didn't see any installation instructions in the box--just a bunch of
advertisements, a couple posters and a beginning programming book.

So I put the Visual Studio CD in the hard drive. It said it couldn't
install because it was missing some supporting files. So I put the
VBNet CD in and the message box told me to put the VBStudio CD back in.
That installed a bunch of files--then it said to put the VBNet CD Back
in. That asked me for a product key and installed a whole lot of files.
Then it just stopped.

I thought, is it done? After no more activity, I took it out, and when
I clicked on VBNet, it worked.

However when I went to the help menu, it said I needed to install help
from the MSDN Library disk, because I didn't use "option 3". It also
told how to install it from add and remove programs. I never even got a
choice for option 3. Did I do something wrong, or what?

Sorry for the very basic question. On the positive side, it didn't
overwrite my copy of VB5.

Jim

 

[Terry Olsen]

Now you should just be able to put in the MSDN Library disk and run
SETUP.EXE from that cd.

 

[Jim Madsen]

Thanks Terry--

I'll try that.

Jim

 

[Guest]

Its a while ago now, but I think there is a checkbox at the end of the VS
installation that asks you if you want to install the MSDN files. If that is
checked, you will install all 3 discs & then the installation window will pop
up again asking you to check the web for updates etc.

In October 2003, there was a MSDN update out. Make sure you install it, as
Microsoft brag a lot (5000) of new code examples etc. Here's the link:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827819

 

[Jim Madsen]

I never got a checkbox at the end of the installation program. It just
stopped, with nothing open. I really wanted a copy of VB6, since I
bought a book on DirectX that required VB6, but it was discontinued
before I could buy a copy. I'm not a professional programmer -- just
wanted to learn something new, and found that this is not that
difficult. And I like that you have total control over what people try
to do when running your apps. In a few years when I retire, maybe I can
take some professional programming classes.

 

[Guest]

Have you managed to install the MSDN help files on the three blue CD's now?

Of course you can still buy VB 6 or VS 6 Enterprise.

You talked about DirectX. Have you downloaded DirectX 9 SDK (December 2004)
yet? On installation, you are asked if you want to integergrate it with
VS.NET, which is what I have done. You can download it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...37-0c94-4421-9ec8-156e52525d11&DisplayLang=en