Paul Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Hi, I was wondering if you could make plugins in Visual Basic 2008. I find Visual Basic is my best language and I'd like to make plugins. Could it be a tutorial please? Is it really nessecary to put text here? Thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Well, I don't know anything about making plugins in VB (I always use C#), but here's a template that might help you. VB Template BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 How to you make it a DLL? Is it really nessecary to put text here? Thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APShredder Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Once you write the plugin, press F6 and then the DLL will be built in: (YourProjectFolder)/(YourProjectName)/bin/Release and then you can just copy and paste the DLL file you need. BlendModes Plus | Dissolve | Extract Color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 It didn't do anything Is it really nessecary to put text here? Thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Did it say "build succeeded" in the status-bar after you pressed F6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 No. It said "Ready" Is it really nessecary to put text here? Thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 Did a box titled "error list" pop-up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 No. Sorry for starting this up. I went into Paint.NET and there it was. :? Is it really nessecary to put text here? Thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Okay. I've decided I'm officially going to overload my brain with Visual Basic! Now, what was 2+2 again Is it really nessecary to put text here? Thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 If you want to make any USEFUL plugins, I strongly Suggest C#. Visual Basic cant do anything compared to it. "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 If you want to make any USEFUL plugins, I strongly Suggest C#. Visual Basic cant do anything compared to it. ........... No. For most programmers, VB.NET and C# are different syntaxes to the same language. The only real differences are VB.NET's named parameters (coming in C#4) and XML literals, and C#'s unsafe code blocks. VB.NET is perfectly capable of producing useful plugins, every bit as much as C# can. ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onemorelevel Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Really? I never knew that, I thought VB wasn't as precise as C#, ahh, thanks for clearing that up. "Being calm can work wonders" ~My gallery~D: Iceberg Tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 Really? I never knew that, I thought VB wasn't as precise as C#, ahh, thanks for clearing that up. Not only that I find programming a lot easier in Visual Basic (sry i havnt posted in a while) Is it really nessecary to put text here? Thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n d Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I'm really a noob to today's coding (did some coding back at msdos times) but my understanding is that with the .net framework it doesn't really matter which language you use, they're more like different dialects of the same language... heck, some of the compilers can even translate between C# <-> Visual basic <-> Boo source code so that the program stays the same, just the language changes... Anyway, I can't help but associate any programming language with "Basic" in it's name with those really crappy, slow & inflexible Basic-languages of the 90:s (anyone remember quickbasic? or GWBasic?)... ...so anyway, I do recommend C#, it's really not a hard language to learn - took me maybe 3 days to learn enough to write a paint.net plugin... but mainly I recommend it because you can use Codelab and with Codelab you can type the code and instantly see what it does on the screen... convenient, very convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) ...so anyway, I do recommend C#, it's really not a hard language to learn - took me maybe 3 days to learn enough to write a paint.net plugin... but mainly I recommend it because you can use Codelab and with Codelab you can type the code and instantly see what it does on the screen... convenient, very convenient. Thanks for that, also how easy is it for a 10 year old to learn? Edited August 14, 2010 by Paul Is it really nessecary to put text here? Thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Umm, guys? The post above @Paul's is almost a year old. It's done. Dead. See Rule # 11 If you want to revive the VB vs. C# debate you should start a new thread. <locked> ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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