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Which 'Visual' Microsoft Product did you use first?

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  • N NormDroid

    Mine was Visual C++ 1.5.

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    PIEBALDconsult
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    I was given a copy of VB2, but I couldn't figure it out. So Visual C# Standard (2002) is the first I actually used.

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    • N NormDroid

      Mine was Visual C++ 1.5.

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      Ravi Bhavnani
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      Visual C++ 1.5. /ravi

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      • N NormDroid

        Did you Ssub to MSJ and buy Petzolds book?

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        Dave Kreskowiak
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        Yes, I did. I remember those days. I remember some of the MSJ articles, like making your own Button control, lists, scroll bar handling, message pumps, .... All the basic stuff we take for granted under .NET.

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        • T Toli Cuturicu

          Visual Studio 2005 Before that, the only "visual" stuff I used was Borland Delphi 3.

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          Septimus Hedgehog
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          I first touched Delphi when it was first released. I wish I kept in touch with it. If I were to meet it again I'd look on it as an adult meeting a friend I last saw in distant childhood, recalling early days but not recognising the face. :) The only thing that puts me off Delphi now is that it's owned by Embarcadero and they've more or less priced it out of contention. There's more to be made from VS. It's a pity. Like Turbo Pascal, it was better when it was owned by Borland. Then they become Inprise (stoopid a name as there ever was). When Hejlsberg left to go to MS we sort of never looked back.

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          • N NormDroid

            Mine was Visual C++ 1.5.

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            Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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            Same here.

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            • N NormDroid

              Mine was Visual C++ 1.5.

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              Eaverae
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              Microsoft Visual Basic 5 I think.

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              • N NormDroid

                Mine was Visual C++ 1.5.

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                Magnamus
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                I skipped VB1 & 2, went straight to 3!

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                • N NormDroid

                  Mine was Visual C++ 1.5.

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                  Lost User
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                  Microsoft C ver 5

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                  • N NormDroid

                    Mine was Visual C++ 1.5.

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                    RefugeeFromSlashDot
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                    Visual Basic 1.0

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                    • N NormDroid

                      Mine was Visual C++ 1.5.

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                      KLPounds
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                      Technically, Visual FoxPro 3 was my first "Visual" Product. But never accomplished anything particularly useful. I was a kid and it turned out to be more of an expensive "test drive" for one of my dad's projects. Neither of us could figure out how to do seemingly mundane things with it so it was a short lived thing. Not really sure if that counts. VBA in Access was where I cut my teeth at coding something useful. Started out as tweaking macros but soon moved up to custom forms and string manipulation. still not sure if that counts. But it was the first time in which I surpassed my dad at using a programming platform. Otherwise, Office 2003 era VBA & VB6 was my first Professional use of a "Visual" product.

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                      • N NormDroid

                        X| each to their own ;)

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                        Mark H2
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                        Horses for courses my good man.

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                        • N NormDroid

                          VB for DOS totally usuable :rolleyes:

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                          ian dennis 0
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                          Me too :)

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                          • D djdanlib 0

                            If we're going by products that start with the word Visual, then mine was Visual BASIC for MS-DOS, Professional Edition, version 1.00. I still think it was one of the best extended-ASCII GUIs.

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                            Mine was VB1.0 from a floppy from a magazine, quickly followed by 2.0 and 3.0.

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