Function Mapping Reference

Appendix B

Function Mapping Reference

The following table shows the Microsoft Visual Basic 6 set functions and statements with the equivalent Visual Basic .NET functions. This is the table of mappings that the Upgrade Wizard uses when upgrading functions and stantements to Visual Basic. NET.

Visual Basic 6	Member Type	Visual Basic .NET
Abs	Function	System.Math.Abs
AppActivate	Statement	AppActivate
Asc	Function	Asc
AscB	Function	No mapping
AscW	Function	AscW
Atn	Function	System.Math.Atan
Beep	Statement	Beep
Calendar	Property	No mapping
CallByName	Function	CallByName
CBool	Function	CBool
CByte	Function	CByte
CCur	Function	CDec
CDate	Function	CDate
CDbl	Function	CDbl
CDec	Function	CDec
ChDir	Method	ChDir
ChDrive	Method	ChDrive
Choose	Function	Choose
Chr	Function	Chr
ChrB	Function	No mapping
ChrW	Function	ChrW
CInt	Function	CShort
CLng	Function	CInt
Close	Statement	FileClose
Command	Function	Command
Cos	Function	System.Math.Cos
CreateObject	Function	CreateObject
CSng	Function	CSng
CurDir	Function	CurDir
CVar	Function	CObj
CVDate	Function	CDate
CVErr	Function	No mapping
Date	Property	Today
Date$	Property	DateString
DateAdd	Function	DateAdd
DateDiff	Function	DateDiff
DatePart	Function	DatePart
DateSerial	Function	DateSerial
DateValue	Function	DateValue
Day	Function	Day
DDB	Function	DDB
DeleteSetting	Statement	DeleteSetting
Dir	Method	Dir
DoEvents	Statement	System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents
Environ	Function	Environ
EOF	Function	EOF
Eqv	Operator	VB6.Eqv
Err	Function	Err
Error$	Function	ErrorToString
Exp	Function	System.Math.Exp
FileAttr	Function	FileAttr
FileCopy	Method	FileCopy
FileDateTime	Function	FileDateTime
FileLen	Function	FileLen
Filter	Function	Filter
Fix	Function	Fix
Format	Function	Format
FormatCurrency	Function	FormatCurrency
FormatDate Time	Function	FormatDateTime
FormatNumber	Function	FormatNumber
FormatPercent	Function	FormatPercent
FreeFile	Function	FreeFile
FV	Function	FV
Get	Statement	FileGet
GetAllSettings	Function	GetAllSettings
GetAttr	Function	GetAttr
GetObject	Function	GetObject
GetSetting	Function	GetSetting
Hex	Function	Hex
Hour	Function	Hour
IIf	Function	IIf
IMEStatus	Function	No mapping
Imp	Operator	VB6.Imp
Input # statement	Statement	Input
Input function	Function	InputString
InputBox	Function	InputBox
InStr	Function	InStr
InStrB	Function	No mapping
InStrRev	Function	InStrRev
Int	Function	Int
IPmt	Function	IPmt
IRR	Function	IRR
IsArray	Function	IsArray
IsDate	Function	IsDate
IsEmpty	Function	IsNothing
IsError	Function	IsError
IsMissing	Function	IsNothing
IsNothing	Function	IsNothing
IsNull	Function	IsDbNull
IsNumeric	Function	IsNumeric
IsObject	Function	IsReference
Join	Function	Join
Kill	Method	Kill
LBound	Function	LBound
LCase	Function	LCase
Left	Function	Left
LeftB	Function	No mapping
Len	Function	Len
LenB	Function	No mapping
LineInput	Statement	LineInput
Loc	Function	Loc
Lock	Statement	Lock
LOF	Function	LOF
Log	Function	System.Math.Log
LSet	Statement	LSet (only for left-justifying strings within strings)
LTrim	Function	LTrim
Mid	Function	Mid
Mid	Statement	Mid
MidB	Function	No mapping
Minute	Function	Minute
MIRR	Function	MIRR
MkDir	Function	MkDir
Month	Function	Month
MonthName	Function	MonthName
MsgBox	Function	MsgBox
Name	Statement	Rename
Now	Function	Now
NPer	Function	NPer
NPV	Function	NPV
Oct	Function	Oct
Open	Statement	FileOpen
Partition	Function	Partition
Pmt	Function	Pmt
PPmt	Function	PPmt
Print	Statement	Print, PrintLine
Put	Statement	FilePut
PV	Function	PV
QBColor	Function	QBColor
Randomize	Function	Randomize
Rate	Function	Rate
Replace	Function	Replace
Reset	Method	Reset
RGB	Function	RGB
Right	Function	Right
RightB	Function	No mapping
RmDir	Method	RmDir
Rnd	Function	Rnd
Round	Function	System.Math.Round
RSet	Statement	RSet
RTrim	Function	RTrim
SaveSetting	Function	SaveSetting
Second	Function	Second
Seek	Function	Seek
SendKeys	Statement	System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send
SetAttr	Method	SetAttr
Sgn	Function	System.Math.Sign
Shell	Function	Shell
Sin	Function	System.Math.Sin
SLN	Function	SLN
Space	Function	Space
Spc	Function	Spc
Split	Function	Split
Sqr	Function	System.Math.Sqrt
Str	Function	Str
StrComp	Function	StrComp
StrConv	Function	StrConv
String	Function	New String constructor
StrReverse	Function	StrReverse
Switch	Function	Switch
SYD	Function	SYD
Tab	Function	Tab
Tan	Function	System.Math.Tan
Time	Property	TimeOfDay
Time$	Property	TimeString
Timer	Function	Timer
TimeSerial	Function	TimeSerial
TimeValue	Function	TimeValue
Trim	Function	Trim
TypeName	Function	TypeName
UBound	Function	UBound
UCase	Function	UCase
Unlock	Statement	Unlock
Val	Function	Val
VarType	Function	VarType
Weekday	Function	Weekday
WeekdayName	Function	WeekdayName
Width	Statement	FileWidth
Write	Statement	Write
Year	Function	Year