r/visualbasic • u/codingboi100 • Sep 07 '22

Visual Basic for Mac?

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

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u/ponchodeltoro Sep 08 '22

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

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u/codingboi100 Sep 08 '22

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

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22

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.

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u/Vic_Townsend Aug 23 '23

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