| In this appendix Why the Visual Basic Language Has Changed Changes to the Language Changes to Controls Converting an Existing VB6 Project to Visual Basic .NET If you have used Visual Basic 6.0 (or any previous versions of Visual Basic), you have probably already discovered that Visual Basic .NET represents a complete and total overhaul of the Visual Basic development environment that you have grown to love. You may be concerned that the VB development skills you have spent years honing will no longer be of benefit to you. As you get your feet wet with Visual Basic .NET, however, you will discover that although the underlying infrastructure has indeed changed dramatically, the fundamental concept of Rapid Application Development (RAD) using Visual Basic is essentially the same. You will quickly learn that your existing VB skills will help you ramp up in the Visual Basic .NET development environment very quickly. In this appendix, we will discuss changes that have occurred to the development environment as well as to the Visual Basic language itself. In addition, we will show you how to import your VB6 projects into Visual Basic .NET and present you with several miscellaneous tips about other things that have changed from the VB you grew up with. |