[Colin MacLeod]

30/04/2012 at 10:33 pm

Fellow Colleagues,

 

We have been using VB6 for about a million years (or so it seems) and I am keen to update our version to Visual Studio 2010.  The obstacle we face is due to network security policies in as much as VB6 compiles and builds the pupils applications to memory and then runs them where as Visual Studio 2010 builds to disk and then executes the .exe file.  This on many networks causes a policy restriction for the user/pupil and renders the software useless.

 

• Do any of you out there use VB2010 on a managed network and did you relax security or find a “build to memory” switch somewhere?

• Do any of you program in a virtual machine?
• What’s the performance like?
• Is it an obstacle too many for the pupils?
• Does the virtual machine map to their user area?

 

Obviously one of the attractions is the ability for pupils to download the express editions and program at home too!  This would be very attractive in light of our new curriculum if we could engage them to program at home! (And yes, I’m waiting on my Raspberry Pi too and I’m playing with Python, PyQT4, PyGTK as well…)

 

Apologies, if anybody feels this is the wrong group but I feel this is a basic building block which applies to the whole curriculum going forward.

 

Thanks,

 

Colin MacLeod

PT Faculty of ICT

Hamilton Grammar School

http://blog.eduk8.org.uk

 

[pherbert]

21/05/2012 at 7:33 pm

Colin

I’ve been using VBE10 for a while on a managed network.

What we did was to map the project files on a shared area on the network where the pupils can run the project files

VBE10 also converts older VB file and seems to work OK

I know some schools have managed to run the exe files from their own folders..

Also It’s free so they can Install it at home

I would say the only downside is because its a Microsoft product a Registration key (free from microsoft site) for each PC, this should only need to be once.

 

Paul

 

[Colin MacLeod]

27/05/2012 at 4:45 pm

Hi Paul,

Thanks, we have the full version! I don’t know what differences that will make but I’ll pass back your thoughts.

Do the pupils then copy their files from the shared area for storage? How successfully do they do this? Where is this shared area? is it on your server? If so, we’d never be allowed that for security reasons.

Thanks,

Colin

[pherbert]

29/05/2012 at 10:43 pm

I think its the way the network is setup

I expect saving the files in the same location where you saved your original files using vb6 should work.

If it runs on the default location ( thier own folders) there shouldn’t be a problem.

One of the teachers in the highlands has developed a resource using VBE10 for the SG course, its a good starter for those that have not done programming before

Paul