vb.net and vb6

[-00Eric Clapton]

May I know what is the difference between vb.net and vb6 other than the web
portion? Are they significantly different? Thanks.

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Eric,

May I know what is the difference between vb.net and vb6 other than the
web portion? Are they significantly different? Thanks.

Many people say that they are completely different.

I don't share that opinion, however it is not far from the truth. What is
equal are the keywords that are used and the way that statements are
written.

I hope this helps,

Cor

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

May I know what is the difference between vb.net and vb6 other than the
web portion? Are they significantly different? Thanks.

Yes, there are significant differences. VB.NET is technically not a
successor of VB6. Many keywords have been removed or their meaning has been
altered. Data types such as 'Integer' and 'Long' have been changed. Code
written in VB6 is generally not compatible to VB.NET, and vice versa.

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

The IDE, .NET classes and the VB.NET language are so different from their
VB6 counterparts that it is worth to invest some time reading twice a book
about them before start coding VB.NET. I suggest this book for people
coming to VB.NET from VB6:

Programming Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET (Core Reference)
By Francesco Balena
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/5199.asp

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

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[Paul Clement]

¤ May I know what is the difference between vb.net and vb6 other than the web
¤ portion? Are they significantly different? Thanks.
¤

A high percentage of the core language is still the same. The most signficant differences are the
extensions that have been changed or added to the language.


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)