[Mono-list] VB Good Mono Project

[George Birbilis]

> In Re: 
> http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/mono-list/2005-March/026303.html

VB.net is mostly enhanced compared to VB6 and the language syntax is mostly 
backwards compatible.
See "A Programmer's Introduction to Visual Basic.NET" from Craig Utley 
(SAMS). MS used to give a smaller preview version of it for free in the 
past. Very nicely written and very informative on what changed from VB6 to 
VB.net in syntax (esp. things like array indexing/bounds etc.)

>I would like to say this and this only.
>
>VB6 isn't only about using 3rd party controls.  In fact, most vb6 users 
>choose vb6 the ease of creating their own reusable controls to use in other 
>vb6, vc++6, and web projects.  I only >want to strongly encourage anyone to 
>take a crack at this compiler.  There are lots of people out there still 
>writing vb6 and wishing there were a portability solution.

not sure if it would help, but checkout my site below and follow the 
"tranXform" link, then the "VB6*" links (have code to parse VB6 form files 
and make XML out of it, then transform it via XSLT to say .aspx html pages 
[ASP.net] - might help, although I'm not sure if user controls of VB6 use 
similar descriptive format or if they were using an imperative [commands] 
format to define the GUI as used in Visual Studio.net [and in many Java 
IDEs]). I prefer the declarative syntax since it's potentially transformable

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George Birbilis (birbilis@kagi.com)
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
MVP J# for 2004 & 2005
http://www.kagi.com/birbilis
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