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Hi Al,
> So the question is what track would you suggest I begin looking at to
> get familiar with VB and VB.NET? Would starting with ACCESS and VB work
> or should I start with something else?

Office applications (like Access, Word, and Excel) and tradition ASP use VBA
or Visual Basic for Applications. This is NOT the same as VB or VB.Net - which
are different from each other as well.

.Net is Microsoft's answer to Java, which is a single programming language
that compiles to bytecode which is then executed by a virtual machine. .Net is
a framework for multiple languages (VB.Net, C#.Net, Colbol.Net, etc.) that
compile to run on the Common Library Runtime or CLR. Technically, you can run
.Net applications on Linux using the Mono Project.

(http://www.mono-project.com)

Epicor uses .Net (C# for the client and VB.Net for customizations) and Java
for the Server side (OpenEdge), but I don't think you see any of that.

From what I've picked up here on the list and from playing around, Epicor has
gone all-in with .Net - which includes its data model: ADO.Net. So just the
get the vernacular down, I would get Visual Studio.Net 2003 or above. Then I
would read up on ADO.Net. Learning about DataSets, DataAdapters, etc. will
make it easier to understand Vantage objects. And of course, Google is your
friend:

http://www.programmingtutorials.com/vbnet.aspx
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/howto/doc/adoplus/ADOPlusOverview.aspx

Sorry for rambling... This is live week here, so I guess we're the 11th
company on 8.03. We're not using all of the features of course but getting
along - so far....

Mark W.
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I apologize in advance if this is off topic.



We are looking to migrate to Vantage (more likely Epicor 9.0) in the
distant future from one of Epicor's U2 products. I am the Programmer
Analyst for my company. From all those I've talked to and read about it
appears that those who have the easier, less costly migrations are those
who have experienced VB programmers already on staff. There is the
problem. Up until now I haven't spent too much time learning the newer
software paradigms. I started learning Oracle and have dabbled in Linux
scripting. The problem is we became a Windows shop and then I got laid
off and currently my company doesn't do much programming outside
Unibasic.



So the question is what track would you suggest I begin looking at to
get familiar with VB and VB.NET? Would starting with ACCESS and VB work
or should I start with something else?



Thanks for your input.



Al DeWitt







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