Console application

Hello VB.net:

I have installed Visual Basic 2008 Express edition with SR1 ENU on my
system. I would like to be able to use VB to write a console application
where I see the code on that console and I am able to print to that console
just like in the good old days. What I wish to do does not require a GUI so
I'd just as soon avoid messing with windows. After a post in another section
I was told that VB.net was the answer. I have no idea if VB.net is installed
on my system or not, the Programs and Features list does not show VB.Net as a
separate item.

I would really appreciate any suggestions as to how one would go about doing
this. Thanks.

You have the "express" (light) version of Visual Basic not Visual Basic.NET
(VB.net)

"WindyGeorge" <> wrote in message
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> Hello VB.net:
>
> I have installed Visual Basic 2008 Express edition with SR1 ENU on my
> system. I would like to be able to use VB to write a console application
> where I see the code on that console and I am able to print to that
> console
> just like in the good old days. What I wish to do does not require a GUI
> so
> I'd just as soon avoid messing with windows. After a post in another
> section
> I was told that VB.net was the answer. I have no idea if VB.net is
> installed
> on my system or not, the Programs and Features list does not show VB.Net
> as a
> separate item.
>
> I would really appreciate any suggestions as to how one would go about
> doing
> this. Thanks.
>
>

"WindyGeorge" <> wrote in message
news:C70457BF-70A4-4E54-B7C7-...
> Hello VB.net:
>
> I have installed Visual Basic 2008 Express edition with SR1 ENU on my
> system. I would like to be able to use VB to write a console application
> where I see the code on that console and I am able to print to that
> console
> just like in the good old days. What I wish to do does not require a GUI
> so
> I'd just as soon avoid messing with windows. After a post in another
> section
> I was told that VB.net was the answer. I have no idea if VB.net is
> installed
> on my system or not, the Programs and Features list does not show VB.Net
> as a
> separate item.
>
> I would really appreciate any suggestions as to how one would go about
> doing
> this. Thanks.
>

This is where you need to post to MS.public.dotnet.languages.VB. The command
is Console.Writeline("Text") which would write "Text" to the Console window
while the application is running. I don't recall if the Express version has
a template for a Console Application. It doesn't have a template for a
Windows Service project. Again, if the template is not there, then you're
going to have to use Google and find a Console Application project template
you can use. It's not like you have installed VS 2008 which would have all
the required templates for project development.

If VB 2008 Express is installed on that machine, then you'll see it in the
Programs and Features, and you would also see a short-cut for it off of the
Start button All Programs. I have used VB 2005 Express on Vista, before
switching to and installing VS 2008.

You are simply posting to the wrong NG.

"WindyGeorge" <> wrote in message
news:C70457BF-70A4-4E54-B7C7-...
> Hello VB.net:
>
> I have installed Visual Basic 2008 Express edition with SR1 ENU on my
> system. I would like to be able to use VB to write a console application
> where I see the code on that console and I am able to print to that
> console
> just like in the good old days.

You can write to the Console in any .Net application, including VB.NET

You can view your code with a text editor running on the console, but AFAIK
there is no way to compile and link from a console window. To actually do
develop code, you have to go into the Windows based IDE. Its simple and
powerful.