The following are some suggested supplemental references to further your retraining effort.
Visual Basic .NET or C#? Which to Choose? , by Dan Appleman (Desaware, 2002):
http://desaware.com/Ebook2L2.htm .
.NET Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/
Visual Studio Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/
XML & Web Services Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/
Automation Samples for Visual Studio .NET:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/automation.asp
Microsoft .NET Language Partners :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/partners/language/default.asp
Microsoft Community (discussion groups, e-newsletters, and so forth):
http://communities2.microsoft.com/
MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
NetCOBOL for .NET:
http://www.netcobol.com/products/ windows /netcobol.html
Visual Studio .NET home page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/default.asp