Visual Basic Express 2005 - Where to get it ?!

[Jason]

So basically, at college we have Visual Studio 2005, which is fine, and at home, I've got Visual Basic Express 2008, which is also fine...

... Except for one thing, when I have to do assignments at home, I have to;
- Convert the 2005 file to a 2008 file
- Make a backup of the 2005 file (Cause 2008 files can't be opened visually in 2005)
- Do my coding on 2008
- Open Notepad++ and both the 2005 and 2008 code
- Copy/Paste the code from the 2008 to 2005

And to be honest, I can't be arsed doing it anymore, it's just so tiresome, when I could just get the 2005 version that will be compatible...

HOWEVER, every link I've clicked on google, says it's the 2005 one, and when I go to the site, it redirects me to the Microsoft site, guess what... THE ONLY VERSION THEY HAVE FOR DOWNLOAD IS 2008 !!!

So just wondering if either;

A) Someone knows a link that DOES have Visual Basic Express 2005, and NOT 2008

B) Someone has a copy of 2005 and could upload and send me the link

Cheers.

 

[Glitchfinder]

I'm not sure how it will help you, but a lot of textbooks include hard copies of the software. The C++ book I had to buy for my programming classes had a hard copy of Visual C++ 2005, and I assume that other programming books by the same company (Prentice Hall), will be the same way.

 

[Jason]

Maybe, but I don't fancy buying a book for the program, when I can (EVENTUALLY...) get it for free by just downloading the Express edition... if I can find a proper link.

 

[psiclone]

Do a torrent. Duh.

 

[Ellie]

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId= ... lcid=0x409

http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... 6-intl.exe

Not sure which one's the link you need but one is.

 

[Jason]

@psiclone - Been there tried that, haven't found any

@wyatt - I'll try 'em now.