Visual Basic to VB.NET

This book is meant to give you a head start on the changes from Visual Basic to Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET). Most of the book assumes that you are comfortable with Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6), so the book endeavors to be a quick introduction to the major differences between VB6 and the new VB.NET. This is a concise introduction and Microsoft authorized reference to the most important features in VB.NET. It covers all the material necessary for the experienced VB developer to migrate from VB.6 to VB.NET successfully.-- Strong Microsoft authoring collaboration and endorsement -- the entire book has been reviewed, tech edited and updated by the VB.NET product team and widely distributed by Microsoft Corporation over the past 6 months at PDC, Tech Ed and their field offices across the globe.-- VB developers can get up to speed quickly on VB.NET. They will find complete and concise explanations with code examples on all of the new VB.NET features in one place.-- The focus of this book is critical -- what are the changes between VB.6 and VB.NET. Developers are given step-by-step instructions on how to implement new programming code in VB.NET.Topics include: Why Should You Move to Visual Basic.NET?; Major VB.NET changes; building Classes and Assemblies with VB.NET; building Windows services with VB.NET; upgrading VB6 Projects to VB.NET; performance; securityl abd configuration and deployment. New Topics include: the .NET Framework, VB.NET Inheritance, VB.NET Web Services, VB.NET Web Applications, VB.NET Windows Services, .NET Assemblies, ADO.NET, and ASP.NET. A Programmer's Introduction to Visual Basic .NET helps current Visual Basic developers identify and understand some of the major changes are between Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET. This book also explores why developers should move to Visual Basic. Learn about the .NET framework, VB .NET VB .NET inheritance, VB .NET web services, VB .NET web applications, VB .NET Windows services, .NET Assemblies, ADO.NET and ASP.NET. Additional topics Visual Basic.Net is the next version of Microsoft Visual Basic, built on the .NET framework to enable developers to easily create next-generation applications for the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Web. This text provides an introduction to the most important features in VB.NET.