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I wonder if anyone knows any free alternative to VB6.

I need (or want), some easy gui building and ability to program.

I have no problem with learning any program language, I just want the gui building to be as easy as possible.

Thnx in advance

Sorry, I wasn't really clear before, I was trying to stay way from Microsoft... open source would be great, but freeware is also OK.

Joel Coehoorn
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  • possible duplicate of [Very simple, terse and easy GUI programming “frameworks”](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/470468/very-simple-terse-and-easy-gui-programming-frameworks) – CharlesB Nov 09 '11 at 14:43
  • What do you mean by free? do you mean the tools, ui designers? in that case, microsoft has free versions of most of their development tools, in express editions. Visual Studio Express, SQL Server Express, etc... And they don`t charge you for the program language itself. – AJC Nov 09 '11 at 14:47
  • @CharlesB The question you have selected as a possible duplicate is for *declarative* and *open source* frameworks. I.e. not a duplicate. – MarkJ Jan 31 '12 at 13:04
  • Related questions (not exact duplicates) [basic compilers for Windows](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/68152/basic-programming) and [open source GUI framework for windows](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/919029/best-language-tool-to-develop-gui-on-windows) and [lightweight GUI framework on Windows](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/272764/what-is-the-quickest-path-to-writing-a-lightweight-gui-program-on-windows) – MarkJ Jan 31 '12 at 13:13

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Why not try anything different? Do you know Delphi? Nice, clean and easy with a lot of adapters an wrappers. The free version is Lazarus.

http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/

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  • **Platforms**: `Windows`, `Linux`, `MacOS`, `Android`, `Ios`. **Visual Designer**: `YES`. [SCREENSHOTS](https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Screenshots). **LICENSE**:`Open Source LGPL` – Gray Programmerz Jul 22 '21 at 10:53
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Visual Basic Express or C# Express perhaps?

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  • +1 for staying with what the question asker asked about...awkward phrasing: means I'm glad you stuck w/ MSoft, since he already understands a bit of it w/ VB6 experience. – Chris Pfohl Nov 09 '11 at 14:48
  • If we want's to stick with Microsoft stuff that would be good. Although, the express versions have some limitations. It depend on what he's aiming to do. – Mário Rodrigues Nov 09 '11 at 14:48
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A newer option we have is B4J, which is not open source but it is free.

The programming language is somewhere between VB and VB.Net, perhaps closest to the abandoned Jabaco language. It targets Java and JavaFX so the resulting programs are cross-platform, but the development tools require Windows today.

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