Uffe, I e-mailed back to Bill only by accident but sharpdevelop conks out when you include the MapInfo GAC's. I contacted MapInfo on it and they contacted the sharpdevelop project heads but as of yet there isn't a resolution. I'm going to try C#Builder next because I can't find anyone who has tried it yet who will give me feed back on if it works with MapInfo or not. Andy
-----Original Message----- From: Uffe Kousgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:44 PM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: Re: MI-L What's the best way to get Visual Studio .NET? From: "Bill Thoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Since I'd like to be up to speed with VB .NET when MI releases > 8.0, I just went over to Microsoft's web site and got sticker > shock... Visual Studio .NET Professional is $1079! And it looks > like the yearly upgrade runs about $550. > > Is there a less exspensive route to getting what I need to > develop .NET applications for MapInfo? Is there a way for small > businesses to get a break on this stuff (short of buying online > from an overseas "discount" house?) If you don't mind considering other langauges than VB, then there are: Sharpdevelop (open source project): http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx C#Builder (Borland): http://www.borland.com/csharpbuilder/personal/index.html The free download version doesn't allow commercial development, but the 70$ pay-for-version may do so (I'm not sure). MapInfo Corp. may actually include sample code as C# instead of VB, since C# is a sort of default langauge on the .NET platform. Also remember that VB.NET is a lot different from VB6. Kind regards Uffe Kousgaard www.routeware.dk --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10213 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10224
