The following list shows some of the programming elements that have been removed from Visual Basic .NET:
- As Any
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All parameters are required to have a declared data type.
- Atn function
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Replaced by System.Math.Atan.
- Calendar property
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Handled by classes in the System.Globalization namespace.
- Circle statement
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Use methods in the System.Drawing namespace.
- Currency data type
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Replaced by the Decimal data type.
- Date function
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Replaced by the Today property of the DateTime structure in the System namespace.
- Date statement
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Replaced by the Today statement.
- Debug.Assert method
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Replaced by the Assert method of the Debug class of the System.Diagonistics namespace.
- Debug.Print method
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Replaced by the Write and WriteLine methods of the Debug class of the System.Diagonistics namespace.
- Deftype statements
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Not supported.
- DoEvents function
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Replaced by the DoEvents method of the Application class in System. Windows.Forms namespace.
- Empty keyword
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Replaced by the Nothing keyword.
- Eqv operator
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Use the equal sign.
- GoSub statement
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Not supported.
- Imp operator
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A Imp B is logically equivalent to (Not A) Or B .
- Initialize event
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Replaced by the constructor method.
- Instancing property
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Use the constructor to specify instancing.
- IsEmpty function
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Not supported because the Empty keyword is not supported.
- IsMissing function
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Not supported because every optional parameter must declare a default value.
- IsNull function
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Not supported. The Null keyword is replaced by Nothing .
- IsObject function
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Replaced by the IsReference function.
- Let statement
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Not supported.
- Line statement
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Use the DrawLine method of the Graphics class in the System.Drawing namespace.
- Null keyword
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Use Nothing.
- On ... GoSub construction
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Not supported. No direct replacement.
- On ... GoTo construction
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Not supported. No direct replacement. On Error... is still supported, however.
- Option Base statement
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Not supported. All arrays have lower bound equal to 0.
- Option Private Module statement
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Use access modifiers in each individual Module statement.
- PropertyGet, PropertyLet, and PropertySet statements
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Replaced by a new unified syntax for defining properties.
- PSet method
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Not supported. No direct replacement. See the System.Drawing namespace.
- Round function
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Use the Round method of the Math class of the System namespace.
- Scale method
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Not supported. No direct replacement. See the System.Drawing namespace.
- Set statement
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Not supported.
- Sgn function
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Use Math.Sign.
- Sqr function
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Use Math.Sqrt.
- String function
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Use the String class constructor with parameters.
- Terminate event
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Use the Destroy method.
- Time function and statement
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Instead of the Time function, use the TimeOfDay method of the DateTime structure of the System namespace. Instead of the Time statement, use the TimeOfDay statement.
- Type statement
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Use the Structure statement.
- Variant data type
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Use the Object data type.
- VarType function
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Use the TypeName function or the GetType method of the Object class.
- Wend keyword
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Replaced by End While .
