XPost: comp.lang.visual.basic.misc, microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript   
   From: nodoby@devnull.spamcop.net   
      
   X-posted .misc and .vbscript; no f'ups set yet.   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I am looking to get into visual basic scripting and have fiddled a bit with   
   the Word and Excel provisions of it.  I have a decent background in batch   
   files (.bat/cmd) and now wish to go another step.  But, I can't believe how   
   little information of the type I am looking for seems to exist, so I thought   
   I'd go to the experts (huh?  what's that sucking sound I hear? Oh, it's me!)   
      
   VB 6 seems to be the latest version.  VB5 seems to have a large installed   
   base already.   
     Are either of them free or pay for download?   
      I've looked and looked for Visual Basic 5/6 sources and can find none.   
      
   I can however find MS Visual Basic Express 5 available and am thinking   
   seriously about downloading it, but it's huge so I'm trying to learn more   
   about it first.  Yes, I understand and have read the requirements to run it.   
      Am I correct in ass-u-me-ing that VB5 and VBExpress 5 are two different   
   things?   
      
   At any rate, I was hoping some kind soul here might take a moment or two to   
   give me a bit of background on their opinions of the best way to get   
   started, in addition to answering the above questions.   
      They types of applications I want to use it for are pretty much   
   irrelevant to my quest at the moment.  I want to start right from "Hello   
   World" and work my way up.   
      
   Honest, I'm not dumb; just ignorant of this subject .   
      
   Thanks in Advance,   
      
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