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https://github.com/bandysc/avaloniavisualbasic6

A recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE and language in C# with Avalonia
https://github.com/bandysc/avaloniavisualbasic6

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A recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE and language in C# with Avalonia

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/bandysc/avaloniavisualbasic6
Owner: BAndysc
License: mit
Created: 2024-11-07T01:32:16.000Z (2 months ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-11-17T18:14:52.000Z (2 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-11-17T19:20:58.854Z (2 months ago)
Topics: avalonia, avalonia-ui, avaloniaui, csharp, ide, vb6, visualbasic, visualbasic6
Language: C#
Homepage: https://bandysc.github.io/AvaloniaVisualBasic6/
Size: 33.1 MB
Stars: 950
Watchers: 13
Forks: 54
Open Issues: 3
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

# Avalonia Visual Basic 6

A recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE and language in C# using Avalonia.

This is a fun, toy project with no commercial intent. All rights to the Visual Basic name, icons, and graphics belong to Microsoft Corporation.

### [>> Open the web version in your browser! <<](https://bandysc.github.io/AvaloniaVisualBasic6/)

## Features

- Visual Designer
- Save and load projects in VB6-compatible format
- Run projects
- VB6 language support (limited)

![Avalonia Visual Basic](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BAndysc/AvaloniaVisualBasic6/refs/heads/master/examples/img_vb6.gif)

## Building the Desktop Version

You'll generally need [.NET 9.0](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/9.0), though you can modify `Directory.Build.props` to use .NET 8.0 if preferred (version 9.0 is required for the browser version).

To build, simply run:

```
dotnet build AvaloniaVisualBasic.Desktop/AvaloniaVisualBasic.Desktop.csproj
```

If you encounter [Antlr4 errors](https://github.com/BAndysc/AvaloniaVisualBasic6/issues/2), this likely means the `Antlr4BuildTasks` library couldn't automatically download Java. Installing Java manually should resolve the issue.

### Publishing the Desktop Version and Making `Make Publish` Work

Publish both IDE project (AvaloniaVisualBasic.Desktop) and runtime (AvaloniaVisualBasic.Standalone):

```
dotnet publish AvaloniaVisualBasic.Desktop -f net9.0 -o bin/
dotnet publish AvaloniaVisualBasic.Standalone -f net9.0 -o bin/standalone/
```

Now you can run `./bin/AvaloniaVisualBasic.Desktop`.

## Thanks to

- [Avalonia](https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia)
- [Dock by Wiesław Šoltés](https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/Dock)
- [Font by lou](http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1384746/ms-sans-serif)