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GREAT!<br />
Thanks for the info.
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I have been doing all web work for some time. &nbsp;A client asked me to create a desktop application in VB.NET. &nbsp;I am at a lost as to where to start. &nbsp;I have Visual Studio Web Express. &nbsp;I think I need Visual Studio, but that is a bit expensive. &nbsp;Can some tell me where to get started without paying Microsoft a ton of money for VS.
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I have been doing all web work for some time.  A client asked me to create a desktop application in VB.NET.  I am at a lost as to where to start.  I have Visual Studio Web Express.  I think I need Visual Studio, but that is a bit expensive.  Can some tell me where to get started without paying Microsoft a ton of money for VS.

Create a compiled file in VB.net

Most development for the Microsoft platform is done utilizing the technologies supported by the.NET framework. Other development is done using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for programs like Access, Excel, Word and Outlook, with PowerShell for scripting, or with SQL for large databases.