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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was recently in touch with a guy from WA
who is to use some material from my new "Game Programming ..." book at a
coming ECAWA conference. He was asking a few things about using Visual Basic
Express 2005. I hadn't used it so I was prompted to download a copy and install
it (FREE).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="">http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since then I have been tinkering with some of the
things he mentioned and have since got back to him. In short I haven't found
anything I've done in VB.NET that doesn't work fine in Express (a couple of
very minor adjustments). I am very impressed, especially with the fact that
students can get it legally at no cost.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would be pleased to hear from anyone who is using
Express and has discovered any issues related to VB.NET projects (especially
anything from the work I have produced).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Graeme</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>