Appendix E. The VB.NET Command-Line Compiler

With the release of the .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK), Visual Basic for the first time features a command-line compiler that allows you to create and compile Visual Basic components and applications apart from Visual Studio. Ironically, this means that one of VB.NET's significant advances is the ability to use your favorite text editor, such as NotePad or WinEdit, to create VB.NET code. This appendix details the operation of the compiler, vbc.exe .