freebasic & visualbasic

[bikerboy]

i was wondering if visualbasic has any common things with freebasic.

i'm asking b/c i was downtown yesterday and i found some visualbasic books in greek.

if those two have common things i was thinking to buy a book for visualbasic so i can  easier learn how to code in freebasic b/c the books are in greek and i won't have to struggle with certain words and meanings

if it doesn't have anything in common, what other language is closer to freebasic? so i can search for that language book if there are any

[Shockwave]

Not sure how close Freebasic is to VisualBasic, I never used Visualbasic.
I know that Freebasic syntax seems fairly similar to microsoft Quickbasic 45 though.

[bikerboy]

thanx shockwave

tomorrow i'll go downtown again and look for a Quickbasic 45 book

[Jim]

They are quite similar.  A fair amount of old (up to 2003 <edit>To clarify, VB6 stuff might work, VB.NET stuff won't) VB will work with FB with the right options, as long as it's not too tied to Windows or really old 16bit DOS stuff.  Don't expect that there will be anything in the books that will just run without you putting in some work though.

Jim

[bikerboy]

@jim

thanx man

if it's newer than 2005? will that do?

the reason i want the book is b/c it's in my language and it will help me understand many things, that's what i'm hoping for.

if i understand those things then i'll know how to make my own simple stuff

@shockwave

did you mean Quickbasic 4.5?

[Jim]

tomorrow i'll go downtown again and look for a Quickbasic 45 book

If you are able to find any, QB45 is 21 years old tomorrow!, you might well find that all the demos work in DOS text modes and are hard to translate.

if it's newer than 2005? will that do?

Almost certainly too new.  All VB code written after 2001 is likely to be VB.NET, which is specific to Microsoft compilers, and can't be compiled by the FB compiler.

Jim

[bikerboy]

tomorrow i'll go downtown again and look for a Quickbasic 45 book

If you are able to find any, QB45 is 21 years old tomorrow!, you might well find that all the demos work in DOS text modes and are hard to translate.

i doubt if i find anything, if i do i'll buy a lottery ticket too lol

if it's newer than 2005? will that do?

Almost certainly too new.  All VB code written after 2001 is likely to be VB.NET, which is specific to Microsoft compilers, and can't be compiled by the FB compiler.

so it would be best to look for a visualbasic 2000 version or older book

[hellfire]

There are a lot of books about Visual C++ btw...

[bikerboy]

There are a lot of books about Visual C++ btw...

will any new versions do? 2008,2007,2006?

[Jim]

Since you'd be using Microsoft's compiler, no problem getting new books.

Jim

[bikerboy]

Since you'd be using Microsoft's compiler, no problem getting new books.

Jim

no i want to use FBIde and freebasic, the only reason i want to buy a book is for understanding what each command does and also for many words i don't know

[hellfire]

the only reason i want to buy a book is for understanding what each command does

already read this ?

[Jim]

C++ and Freebasic are totally different.

[bikerboy]

the only reason i want to buy a book is for understanding what each command does

already read this ?

yes i did (not all of if), i only need the book for refenence like a dictionary b/c english is not my native language

C++ and Freebasic are totally different.

then i'm only looking for QB45 and VB2000 and older

[ninogenio]

are you using fbide? its great for new comers. you can look up commands in the help section while you code and there is loads of example code for you too mess with.

c++ wont help you much but i think knowing c helps a lot with freebasic and a lot of other basic laungages in general. just experiment with lots of different things/have fun. when learning its important too keep a broad mind.

[bikerboy]

are you using fbide? its great for new comers. you can look up commands in the help section while you code and there is loads of example code for you too mess with.

c++ wont help you much but i think knowing c helps a lot with freebasic and a lot of other basic laungages in general. just experiment with lots of different things/have fun. when learning its important too keep a broad mind.

yes i'm using FBIde

just came back home, no luck in finding any book

[Jim]

You need to go to a museum to find books on QB, not a bookshop!

Jim