Can anybody confirm the nasty rumor I've heard that ALL VS7 applications will be running off of the same runtime, whether they were written in C#, VB.NET or C++? If so, programming VS.NET is going to be extremely frustrating. The first thing that I noticed when I began toying with this was that an application written in VB.NET (I'm learning this first, because I'm the only programmer in my office that knows both VB and VC) is EXTREMELY slow to run. A simple program that does nothing but display a message box, then terminates, takes about 10 to 12 seconds to display on my Dell 550MHz PC. What's going on with that? The same program in VB6 or VC6 takes milliseconds to display the message box. Any thoughts

Hey, I'm not one to ruin anybody's fun here, but don't put stuff like that on here, please! I'm at work, and don't care to be questioned about the sites that I'm viewing

Hey, I'm not one to ruin anybody's fun here, but don't put stuff like that on here, please! I'm at work, and don't care to be questioned about the sites that I'm viewing

Perhaps you could think about add-ins? It's sort of complex, but look at http://www.codeproject.com/dll/plug-in.asp if you're interested

:) No. Actually, I use Inno Setup at work for distributing applications I write amongst our employees. I do internal programming at a financial company, and absolutely hate the Visual Basic setup program (I prefer C++, but we do VB here). So, the Inno Setup Compiler works well for me as an alternative

If anybody is interested in a very cool and FREE setup program, check out Inno Settup at http://www.innosetup.com. It supports all 32 bit systems, and there is a 16 bit version available just in case you might need it. You define how the setup program will work and look through an .ini type interface (using sections and properties). If this isn't your style, you can download a couple of add-ons that not only provide a GUI to the program, but also allow you to create setup programs very similar to a Windows 2000 setup program (with the white border across the top). To download the add-ins, click on the 'Third-Party Files' link. Inno Setup Extensions allows you to create Windows 2000 type setup files. ISTool is one of the 4 listed Script editors, and in my opionion, is the best. While Inno may not be as fancy as InstallShield, it does support the use of pretty much anything that you can do in other setup programs, and for no cost at that! I've used it on several projects, and I love it