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Alen32





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

I have installed Visual Basic 2005 Express and I want to try some of Microsoft samples as Visual Basic in Office (Excel) -real estate locator. but I can't get work.
Sample is here:
http://www.hide-link.com/ %20excel.msi

I also tried microsoft 101 Samples for Visual Basic 2005 and I can't get work.

What should I do


Visual Studio Express Editions9  
 
 
nobugz





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

"I can't get work", you'll need to be more descriptive for us to help you out...


 
 
Alen32





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

How to run samples in visual basic 2005 express

Microsoft samples as Visual Basic in Office (Excel) -real estate locator.

or microsoft 101 Samples for Visual Basic 2005.

What to do after download



 
 
Tall Dude





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

The downlload  (Real estate thing)does not seem to be a Visual Basic Express Edition solution.

The documentation says:

Setup: Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Beta 1 needs to be installed.

 

 



 
 
Tall Dude





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

For the '101 samples'. Whereever you installed/unpacked them at,

drill down in the folders until you find a Microsoft Visual Studio solution icon

and double click the icon.

I moved these '101 examples on my PC to the VB projects area. This was

not the default location. Anyway, on my PC, one solution is located at:

C:\Documents and Settings\Livingroom\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\101 Samples\Base Class Library\VB\StopwatchSample



 
 
Alen32





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

When I try to run samples - message box appear:

Project can't be openede. Project is not supported by this installation.



 
 
Alen32





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

When I try to run samples - message box appear:

Project can't be opened. Project is not supported by this installation.



 
 
Tall Dude





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

What is the url you downloaded the '101' samples from

Perhaps they have VB and C# versions of these and you

got the wrong batch (Grasping at straws guess...)

Is VB EE opening up and letting you use it by itself



 
 
Alen32





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

From here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/2/3/c2318968-80aa-43de-a755-9c0763a2dca8/VB101SamplesAll.msi



 
 
Tall Dude





PostPosted: Visual Basic Express Edition, How to run samples? Top

This is a larger (different) set than I had on my PC.

Some of them require SQL server be available.

But all of them seem to at least completely load up into VB EE before

giving any errors.

Some of them work with no errors.

Try the solution at ...MSDN\VB101SamplesAll\VB101SamplesWinForms\UsingMy

It doesn't require anything special.

Does it at least work when you double click the solution icon.



 
 
spotty





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You will notice that the samples are called 101 samples for VB2005 and not 101 samples for VB Express.

What I'm trying to get at here - is VB Express is a limited version of the product and whilst it contains the entire development environment to create basic windows applications - some of these samples may use features which the express version or specific versions of VB may not contain.

So you can look at items such as Web development (Not supported by express, but is in other VB/VSTS products), Office add-ins (which again are not supported by VB Express but are by others), Mobile Application development (not supported on VB Express but is on VSTS).

So some of the samples may work and others may not - depending upon the features being used. VB is a language which is used in for a whole host of different development. This samples is basically showing different things that can be done - but if your product does not support the features required for the sample - the sample wont work.

To know whats supported in different versions of the product

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b4z62wxz.aspx

Hope that helps.


 
 
Alen32





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spotty - Thank you very much.