Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die?

Re:Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die? by jacquesm on Monday September 11, 2023 @06:26PM (#37474539)

I came across such a project recently built using FileMaker in 2001 or so. On the original hardware, no less.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die? by ralphc on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:37PM (#37486775)

Please encourage them to make a backup and get it into a VM. You should be able to find Windows 2000 if it will run on that.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die? by jacquesm on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:38PM (#37487904)

I actually did just that. But I can't enforce things, only recommend.

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