I'm trying to use SharpDevelop for a Windows Form App. The problem is that I need to use VB as the language, and the Form Designer works for C# only and not for VB.
How can I solve this?
The software I'm using is SharpDevelop 5 Xcopyable portable version, because I cannot install any software.
Older SharpDevelop versions (up to 4.x) had better VB support.
While there's no official X-copyable .zip file distribution for them, you should be able to simply copy a SharpDevelop 4 installation to another machine.
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**Our team has been using a *.exe file developed during window XP or 6 OS timeframe.. I am also not sure which version of Visual Basic (may be VB6), as this code is been written in 2004.
Currently, team is struggling to access it on a virtual XP machine. Unfortunately, the source code was lost. Would it be possible to open the source using any of the VB.Net frame work applications from the *.exe file only
Now I am trying to decompile .exe and generate source code.
Tried Solution:
Installed 32 bit dotpeek and tried but no success.
Also tried through command line "ildsam" but still no success
How do I decompile a .NET EXE into readable C# source code?
Above solution tried on below machine
Dell laptop (Precision 7560) with Windows 10
Visual Studio 2022.
Is anyone tried/faced issue like this.
Is there any way to find out which version of VB from .exe
On which version of
Please let me know your suggestion
I wrote a VB program a few years ago. I don't know what version VB (or should I say Visual Studio) I used.
Today I tried to make some changes. I discovered I didn't have any version of VS installed on this computer. I have no idea how that happened. I found folders for VS 9.0, 10.0 in one area of Program Files. I found folders for VS (no version), VS 8, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0,and 15.0. In another area of Program Files. The folders have all kinds of files in them but I couldn't find an executable. The Control Panel list showed no versions of VB or VS were installed.
I found a CD with Visual Basic 2010 Express on it so I installed it.
When I tried to open my program I got a warning that it was going to have to update it and would make a backup.
Then it opened and I got so many errors I have no idea what to do.
Oh, I guess I should mention, I'm just a retired engineer that enjoys doing projects like this for myself. I am not a professional programmer.
I suppose the quickest way to make the changes I need is to figure out which version of VB I used and find it and install it.
Is that a good idea or is there a better solution?
Note I am coding on a 64 bit processor but I want the code to run on a 32 bit Windows 8.1 tablet. The existing version did before.
Thanks,
Pete
I have no idea/experience in VB programming. One of my client bought me his old project which need to be modified. He says it is written in Visual Basic and no idea which version.
So how can i carry ON to work with this project by identifying the version
And what other components do i require to do the programming and user interface.
I already have Visual studio 2010 with me. So can i do my work using this software or i have to go for anything else...
Any suggestions....?
Regards
ParshTest
You need to check the earlier VS version. If the project was developed in earlier version of VS, you can upgrade to VS 2010 easily but otherwise you need to get hands on specific VS version.
Similarly if the project have database functionality or crystal report or any other external dependencies, you need to check their versions. You need to install the components according to these versions. Specify your versions and i'll tell you what to use for further development.
The monodevelop.com website just takes me to this "Xamarin Studio" thing that has severe restrictions on the usage of the free version, and pricing that's almost as bad as Visual Studio on the paid versions! Is MonoDevelop for Windows dead? All I want to do is develop a GTK# application without installing Linux!
There's used to be a version up on Sourceforge, but 9 years after I wrote this answer it seems to have disappeared. Sounds reasonable enough...
If you really need version 4 you'll have to build it yourself. If you still have/find the sources that is.
You do not have to pay to use Xamarin Studio to develop GTK# applications. There are no limitations whatsoever (except your imagination!) on what you can create with Xamarin Studio for the desktop.
You only have to pay if you want to develop applications for Android (and even for Android apps there is a free Starter edition).
Honestly, it is a real pain in the butt to build MonoDevelop from the source or even to install on some platforms.
I did a lot of research and worked out for hours but still could not manage to build MonoDevelop and at the end of the day Decided to use SharpDevelop 4.3 (http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/) instead and I gotta tell everybody that SharpDevelop is easy peasy to install. There are other alternatives too like Webbo, QuickSharp and Xamarin Studio but I haven't tried all of them.
If it is that easy to build MonoDevelop they would have build by them self and put an exe or a msi file or even a zip file with all the binaries and dependencies to download.
They have a similar problem which is quite annoying when it comes to installing the latest version of MonoDevelop on Ububtu or PC BSD.
First thing, I reckon its Git's problem but every time I downloaded the MonoDevelop source from its Git repo, the zip file is smaller than the real size and always corrupted.
Anyway I tried a few times and managed to download the source.
Then I downloaded and installed all the prerequisites.
I could not even open the Solution file in Microsoft Visual C# 2010 x86 (express).
Then I decided to build using MonoDevelop 3.0.6 as it is suggested in http://monodevelop.com/Developers/Building_MonoDevelop
When I tried to install MonoDevelop 3.0.6 it keeps on saying that I need to install GTK# 2.12.9 or newer even if I have already installed GTK# 2.12.22 (the latest one).
At the end I was really frustrated and decided to use SharpDevelop 4.3 as an alternative to M$ Visual Studio and MoNo-Develop.
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Is the .Net framework required for even a single line of VB.Net?
I'm getting my programming feet wet by designing a simple vb .net program to run utilities and installations from a flash drive. I'm making good progress with the coding and design but I was surprised when I went to show off my work on a system with a fresh XP installation and got a "Not valid win32 application" error when I started the exe. Pretty embarrassing actually.
Is having the .net framework installed essential to loading a .exe coded in vb .net? If this is the case, is the only alternative to try and adapt the code to vbs script or something similar? Are there any other reasonable workarounds short of installing .net on the target system? Thanks in advance.
Yes.
It's named VB.Net for just that reason. :)
Adapting the code to VB6 (which needs a different series of DLLs installed on the target machine) or to VBScript will likely be quickest.
Yes, VB.Net does require the .Net Framework. However, Windows XP is getting pretty old now, and recently dropped below a 25% installed base on some indexes. Windows 7 ships with .Net 2.0 out of the box, and Windows 7 sp1 also has .Net 3.5 at least available on the machine.