Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET w/accompanying CD-ROM
Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET w/accompanying CD-ROM
ISBN: 073561587X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 179
Pages: 179
- Cover
- LOC Page
- Dedication
- Foreword: Upgrading to Visual Basic .NET
- Introduction
- What Is This Book About?
- Who Should Read This Book
- Using the Code Samples and CD
- Let s Begin
- Acknowledgments
- Visual Basic .NET Is More Than Visual Basic 6 1
- Why Break Compatibility?
- It Is Still Visual Basic
- Why Should I Upgrade?
- Conclusion
- Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET: Differences
- .NET Framework vs. ActiveX
- Differences in the Development Environment
- Forms Packages
- Language Differences
- Changes in the Debugger
- Conclusion
- Upgrading Options
- Upgrading Is Optional
- Role of the Upgrade Wizard
- Testing
- Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Visual Basic
- Selecting Projects to Upgrade
- Developing the Upgrade Plan
- Conclusion
- Preparing Your Project for the Upgrade to Visual Basic .NET
- Why Change Anything?
- Cleaning Up Legacy Code
- Good Visual Basic 6 Coding Practices
- Conclusion
- Your First Upgrade
- Upgrade Walkthrough
- Upgrading Project Groups
- Using the VB Snippet Upgrade Add-In
- Upgrading Using the Command Line
- Conclusion
- Common Tasks in Visual Basic .NET
- A Guide to Working in Visual Basic .NET
- Miscellaneous Items
- Problem-Solving Techniques
- Conclusion
- Upgrade Wizard Ins and Outs
- Upgrade Philosophy
- Compatibility Library
- Upgrade Wizard Capabilities and Limitations
- Wizard Methodology
- Conclusion
- Errors, Warnings, and Issues
- The Different Kinds of EWIs
- Understanding the Upgrade Report
- Working with EWIs
- The Different Upgrade EWIs
- Which Problems Are Not Detected?
- Conclusion
- Using Visual Basic 6 with Visual Basic .NET: COM Interop
- Where COM Interop Comes into Play
- Upgrading a Visual Basic 6 ClientServer Application
- Replacing COM with .NET: Binary Compatibility
- Conclusion
- Ten Common Upgrade Problems
- Default Properties
- AddItem and ToString with COM Objects
- Deterministic Finalization and Garbage Collection
- Generic Objects (ControlFormScreen)
- Dim...As New
- Sub Main (or Default Form)
- Font Disparities
- Bad Constants
- Drag and Drop
- Collection Classes
- Conclusion
- Resolving Issues with Language
- Language Elements
- Types and Type Operations
- Making Your Code Thread-Safe
- Windows API
- Conclusion
- Resolving Issues with Forms
- Similarities in Form Structure
- General Issues
- Issues Involving Forms
- Conclusion
- Upgrading ActiveX Controls and Components
- ActiveX Controls Are Still Supported--Yes
- Limitations of ActiveX Control Hosting
- ActiveX .NET Controls: Best of Both Worlds
- Standard Component Wrappers and ActiveX Control Subobjects
- Name Collisions
- Using ActiveX Components from .NET
- Conclusion
- Resolving Data Access Issues
- Data Access in Visual Basic
- ADO.NET Is the Future
- General Issues with Data Access Code
- ADO Data Environment
- ADO Data Binding
- Conclusion
- Problems That Require Redesign
- Replacing the OLE Container Control
- Replacing Painting Functions
- Rewriting Clipboard Code
- Using the Controls Collection
- Using the Forms Collection
- Upgrading PrintForm Code
- Replacing Property Pages
- Eliminating ObjPtr, VarPtr, and StrPtr
- Conclusion
- Upgrading COM Components
- Using COM in Visual Basic .NET
- Upgrading COM Components
- Making .NET and COM Components Work Together
- Conclusion
- Upgrading VB Application Wizard Projects
- App.Revision
- frmAbout Form
- frmLogin Form
- frmMain Form
- frmSplash Form
- frmBrowser Form
- Data Forms
- Module1 Module
- Conclusion
- Adding Value to Your Applications
- Overview of the Sample Application
- New File Functions
- New Windows Capabilities
- XCopy Deployment
- Conclusion
- Replacing ActiveX Controls with Windows Forms Controls
- Benefits of Upgrading Controls
- Process of Replacing Controls
- Mappings for Visual Basic 6 ActiveX Controls
- Conclusion
- Moving from ADO to ADO.NET
- ADO.NET for the ADO Programmer
- Integrating Your ADO Code into a Visual Basic .NET Application
- Mapping ADO Objects to ADO.NET
- Using DataViews
- Data Binding
- A Note About Performance
- Conclusion
- Upgrading Distributed Applications
- Important Concepts for Distributed Applications
- Distributed Technologies in .NET
- XML Web Services
- Remoting
- Distributed COM Applications
- Conclusion
- Object Mapping Reference
- App
- CheckBox
- ComboBox
- CommandButton
- DirListBox
- DriveListBox
- FileListBox
- Form
- Frame
- HScrollBar
- Image
- Label
- Line
- ListBox
- MDIForm
- Menu
- OptionButton
- PictureBox
- Shape
- TextBox
- Timer
- VScrollBar
- Function Mapping Reference
Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET w/accompanying CD-ROM
ISBN: 073561587X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 179
Pages: 179