VB6 allowed me to write apps "On Site". I'm talking crazy stuff like a customer asked for a personal phone call when the apartment building maintenance room door was opened:
1 Google VB6 LPT READ (Run a wire from alarm panel to LPT port pins)
2 Google VB6 Modem Dial (Hardcode customers cell phone and add exe to startup folder)
3 Bill the customer for 30 minutes of "software development".
I've never been more productive than with VB6 and sample code of the web. I do not write software for a living and the lack of tools like it are a real bummer.
1 Google VB6 LPT READ (Run a wire from alarm panel to LPT port pins) 2 Google VB6 Modem Dial (Hardcode customers cell phone and add exe to startup folder) 3 Bill the customer for 30 minutes of "software development".
I've never been more productive than with VB6 and sample code of the web. I do not write software for a living and the lack of tools like it are a real bummer.