Visual Studio - VB Command Line Compiler in Visual Studio 2017

If you want to use the compile your VB code from the command line, you can follow this tutorial to use the VB command line compiler provided in Visual Studio 2017:

1. Create a simple VB console application program, Hello.vb:

Module MyModule
    Sub Main()
        Console.WriteLine("Hello World!")
    End Sub
End Module

2. Run "All Programs > Visual Studio 2017 > Visual Studio Tools > Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017". You see the Visual Studio Command Prompt window.

3. Compile the VB program with the vbc command:

C:\fyicenter>vbc Hello.vb
Microsoft (R) Visual Basic Compiler version 2.2.0.61624
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

4. Run the VB program:

C:\fyicenter>Hello.exe
Hello World!

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