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- From: galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben)
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:10:00 GMT
- Subject: Re: VizBasic for Windows: Professional - what's the real scoop?
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- In comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools roger@oit.itd.umich.edu (Roger Espinosa) writes:
-
- >Okay, so the local campus store (complete with discounts) finally had
- >Visual Basic for Windows on display. I always knew that the Professional
- >Edition came with some "extras," but was never sure *what*. The DOS versions
- >seem to differ mainly in terms of ISAM support, as far as I could tell.
-
- >But the Standard and Professional Windows packages seem *really* different.
- >I saw nothing about "multimedia" on the Standard box, but a lot of requirements
- >on the Professional edition -- that plus the email, comm tools, etc.
-
- Essentially the Pro version adds some controls: a comm tool, a "gas guage",
- some 3d controls, a "multimedia" control, ISAM (?), a few others. Also
- a MS knowledgebase help file (somewhat useful though a good VB book is
- better), the Win 3.1 help compiler, custom control documentation, and the
- Setup kit (use the standard installer for your own apps).
-
- The extra controls are nice if you need them, many of the extra controls
- can be "simulated" by extra coding with the Standard edition. The
- multimedia stuff is available by writing VB code to access the Windows API.
- The biggest difficulty with doing your own is finding documentation for
- API...
-
- >Anyway, can someone offer some advice as to which edition would be best
- >for doing multimedia application on an *Ultimedia* machine? With all IBM-type
- >multimedia hardware (which, I'm guessing, could mean that the built-ins
- >in the Professional box won't help me diddly...)
-
- I would think the IBM hardware is installed the same as everybody else
- does it - by drivers installed in the Windows control panel, in which
- case VB would access it as a virtual device (just like any other multimedia
- add-in)... Someone correct me here if I'm wrong.
-
- >There's quite a bit of price difference, and I guess I'm not sure if
- >you can *do* everything with the Standard box (and the Professional just
- >lets you at it faster), or you *need* the Professional package to do
- >multimedia (sound, images, video, etc...)
-
- Essentially you are the best judge of your needs.. You can pretty much do
- everything with the Standard Edition, but the Pro edition does have some
- nice bonuses. It depends on what you plan to do with it, if it's just
- for one project for a class I would save the cash, if you are developing
- a great deal then the pro version will save some time.
-
- >Thanks!
- >Roger
-
- Hope this helps...
- - Galen -
- galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com
-