VB .NET 2003 Standard vs. Professional

[be58d2003]

What is the difference between the two? Does the professional edition allow you to sell your product commercially? If I were to write an application in standard, and then later decided to get the professional edition, would I have to re-write the program in the professional edition or would the code remain the same?

 

[mutant]

The code would remain the same. The big difference between the two is that VS.NET Pro allows you to work with all of the four official MSs .NET lanyguages: VB.NET, C#, MC++/C++, and J#. You can sell the software made in Standard, the only license that does not allow it is VS.NET Pro Academic.
You can get more info here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/howtobuy/choosing.aspX

 

[be58d2003]

Okay... now I understand it, but... my next question is, could I intially create a program where say... a portion of it was created in VB and then maybe another portion such as a class or module (please bear with me I am still quite new) was created in C++ be used interchangeably. I guess the best way to ask it, if I created one program, and inter-mixed the two languages... would the program work? I am just trying to explore my options here... I havent upgraded to VB .NET 2003 (was going to this weekend), but I am wondering if I should hold out and save the $$$ to get the Professional Edition.

 

[mutant]

You cant create one assembly (exe or DLL) using more than one language with VS.NET (any edition). If im not mistaken its possible using some advanced command line compiler options.

 

[Derek Stone]

Each project in Visual Studio .NET must be a single language, however a solution can have multiple projects, and therefore multiple languages. If you choose to develop using two or more languages, youll likely want to use an n-tier or otherwise modular approach.

 

[be58d2003]

Cool, thanks for the info. I guess for now I will just get the standard edition (lot cheaper), then once I master VB... then Ill move on.

 

[iebidan]

YEAH!!!!! go for the Enterprise Architect edition, is the coolest edition for VS .NET