Visual Basic and IRRLICHT

imjavi · Post by **imjavi** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:38 am

hi! im a newbie, i need some help to open my mind

Is there anything to get Irrlicht running through Visual Basic 6? .
I didnt any information about it, or tutorials.

Thanks

JDHunter · Post by **JDHunter** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:21 pm

i have no idea about using irrlicht in vb6
but there is a irrlicht.net compile dll for .Net (VB or C#)

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/irrl ... p?download
or the wrapper of it.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... _id=176021

Tutorials are included

stevend · Post by **stevend** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:53 pm

people still use vb6?

edit:

dont feel intimidated by C++, start small and follow the examples.

i think it would just end up being harder, more code, and MUCH slower if you used it with vb6.

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:18 pm

The official .net wrapper is now http://irrlichtnetcp.sf.net/ which is much more complete and up to date than our old version.
Using Irrlicht with VB6 would mean writing a whole VB6 wrapper, which would be a massive waste of time and energy.

imjavi · Post by **imjavi** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:14 am

its because in our company software we need to implement a new feature with 3D, and all its coded on VB6. we arent a big company but, we are thinking on develope this part on VB.net.... but will be 2 different programs.

anything to implement .net code on VB6 ??

torleif · Post by **torleif** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:07 am

I used to use MSVC++6.0, as I thought modern compilers would use modern libraries and I would lose backward compatibility. I actually found out that using an older MS compiler required you to to put dlls that the modern system didn't have with your application.

You're best to use a modern compiler. The debugging features of MS visual express are fantastic, and don't require yelling at the computer or running to get the local nerd like gdb does

stevend · Post by **stevend** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:05 pm

to tell you the truth, depending on the size of the project, you could recoe the thing in .net pretty fast.

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http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/sc ... lngWid=-10

i left a legacy behind with VB6 lol

and btw, i recoded that program in .net in a 2 days ( a few years back ), gaining the advatage of threads

http://sourceforge.net/projects/caedo/

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:05 am

Btw i started my programming with irrlicht in vb6.
and what i learned that c++ is really easy to leran and easy to make 3d applications with.
while on the other side vb6 wont make you use irrlicht in ease ,i used to like vb6 and hate c++(without trying it) but u should try c++ it is really easy.
c++ tutorials:http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/