VB.NET changes the way you write Visual Basic code. You learn quickly that most of the optimization tricks you've learned for VB6 won't work under VB.NET. For example, .NET memory allocation forces ...

Richard Berg - VB6 code will not run in VS.NET in almost all cases. Enough things have changed that any reasonable amount of code will need to be modified.<P>The option to convert is not an option to ...

Christopher Pesola was so eager to see how well the upgrade wizard Microsoft Corp. supplied would migrate Visual Basic 6 applications to its new .Net development environment that he tried a beta ...

VB.NET changes the way you write Visual Basic code. You learn quickly that most of the optimization tricks you've learned for VB6 won't work under VB.NET. For example, .NET memory allocation forces ...

Optimizing a VB.NET application often requires a deep understanding of how the .NET Framework works, including details about the inner workings of the garbage collector and the Just In Time (JIT) ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

An important point is being missed in all the banter about continuing VB6 vs. .NET. A lot of companies that have been developing in VB6, including n-tier ASP, are telling programmers that the move to ...

Hundreds of users with heavy investments in Visual Basic 6 code have urged Microsoft Corp. to reconsider its 3-year-old decision to end mainstream support for the development environment at the end of ...

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I'm curious about a few issues that have to do with the VB6.0 ---> VB.Net upgrade.<BR><BR><BR>I recently read an article that stated that MS was ending support for VB6.0 in 2005, I'm currently getting ...

Speed Up Your VB.NET Code August 1, 2002 Speed Up Your VB.NET Code Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET. Here are eight new ways to build wicked-fast code. by Francesco Balena Technology ...