Conclusion

Conclusion

Whew it s time to breathe. We ve covered a lot of ground in this chapter. First we established that Visual Basic .NET is not 100 percent backward compatible with Visual Basic 6. We then took a lightning tour of the history of Visual Basic and saw that, although it is redesigned and restructured, Visual Basic .NET is part of the natural progression of Visual Basic. We looked at some of the differences between Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET and discussed some of the new features you can add to your upgraded applications. We also covered how you can add value to your upgraded applications and why you should continue to use Visual Basic.

The next chapter takes a deeper look at what the .NET platform is and outlines the significant differences in Visual Basic .NET. Later chapters go further into the upgrading options and describe what you can do to prepare your application for the upgrade to Visual Basic .NET. If you feel like jumping straight into upgrading, you may want to skip to Part II, which starts with a walkthrough of upgrading an application. Welcome to Visual Basic .NET, the future of Visual Basic.