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The question was in regard to a radio button. I have been unable to find a way to bind groups of radio buttons to a database field. If there is a way, I'd sure like to...

Yes, it's a free beta of one of the soon-to-be-released Express products. There is also a beta of the fuller VS2005, but the express line of products are aimed mainly at novices and hobbyists.

Yes, in fact I have already downloaded it and have been messing around with it. It's pretty nice, but I have also been playing with the 2005 Express versions of C# and VB and I like them too.
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Yep, that's pretty neat; you can actually distribute an app created from the beta products. I think I'm leaning now toward VS2005 Standard myself, since I am far from a place of needing the...

Ah, I get your point. Perhaps that was what you meant, but it wasn't what you said.

$800 is NOT cheap; it may be worth it to some, affordable to others, but that's not the same as cheap. Also, one of your statements is based on an incorrect assumption: that "working individuals"...

Thanks. I'd really like to get VS 2005, but man can I ever NOT afford it! I wish Microsoft still had the philosophy of giving away their development tools for little or nothing just to keep everybody...

I already have REALbasic, and no, it's not .net compatible. But that doesn't bother me too much right now because I find that programs which require that framework load too slowly.
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Really? But do I have to be an official "student" to get it at the lower price? I'm not actually enrolled anywhere. Also are there any distribution restrictions? I think it's worth a little research...

Well, I think I can handle something more in-depth than the educational version, but I think it's pretty nasty that Microsoft would partially cripple the individual packages just to crowbar me into...

Yes, REALbasic does have fewer features than VB6. It's fairly suitable for me for where I am right now, but I'm concerned that I might miss out on something I'll need down the road if I don't go...

Does anyone know if Microsoft will be offering Visual Basic .Net 2005 as a standalone product? I can't imagine that they would not, but I can't find anything on their site that mentions anything but...