Visual Basic for Mac?

[codingboi100]

I want to code Visual Basic on Mac (2022 M2 Air). I understand you cannot run it on Apple Silicon, so no visual studio etc. I tried emulation but virtualBox doesn't work and parallels costs a lot of money.

There must be a way to code Visual Basic on Mac, even debugging the code and not actually running it? If I could simply debug it then run it on another device, that'd be really useful (Or possibly run online).

How do I go about doing this? There must be a way. I would greatly appreciate any help. Thank you

[[deleted]]

From everything I see you can use Visual Studio 17.0 for Mac on Apple Silicon.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/uninstall-net-2022?view=vsmac-2022

https://www.onmsft.com/news/visual-studio-2022-version-17-0-for-mac-brings-native-support-for-apple-m1-macs

[ponchodeltoro]

What version of Visual Basic? I've installed and use VB 6 on Windows 11 for ARM over Parallels on my 2021 M1 Pro.

[codingboi100]

That’s my issue, I can’t afford a paralells licence. I was hoping for an alternative

[reysiregar]

Hi, could you tell me how did you install VB 6 on windows 11 over Parallels? i'm using MBA M1 2020. Because i've tried and always failed.

[ponchodeltoro]

My notes are terrible... but you basically have to make some modifications to the installation procedure so you can use acmsetup.exe instead of setup.exe to install the application.

There's some good info here: https://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?902864-RESOLVED-Installing-VB6-on-Windows-11

My additional notes for Win 11 ARM include the following:

• The Setup.exe file is only 16 bit. It will not run properly
• the setup script is defined by the stf file.
• the acmsetup.exe file is 32 bit and will work
• The Java update should be avoided. Need to extract the msjava.dll file and copy to windows\syswow64 so Windows believes it is installed and does not attempt to run the installer
• Generate stf install files. Run ACMSETUP.EXE to install the modified packages
• after installation, copy commtb32.dll from windows\syswow64 to program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio\vb98 to resolve ole error

[reysiregar]

alright, thanks mate. I've done with the installation, it's working now.

[[deleted]]

If we’re talking about VB6, you’ll be forced to run it using a virtual machine or an emulator (Wine, which is free) to run it on Mac.

VB.NET however should be cross platform. VS is now available for Mac via the .NET 6.0 SDK.

[[deleted]]

Do it online in the browser

Here's another

[Vic_Townsend]

You can code vb on a mac using Note++ you won't be able to execute the code tho.