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Visual Basic and IRRLICHT
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:38 am
by imjavi
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
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:21 pm
by JDHunter
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
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:53 pm
by stevend
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:18 pm
by bitplane
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:14 am
by imjavi
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 ??

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:07 am
by torleif
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
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:05 pm
by stevend
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/
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:05 am
by omar shaaban
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/