Visual Basic 6.0 Upgrade Sample
This example shows an application in Visual Basic 6.0 and how that application might be upgraded to Visual Basic 2008.
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To run this sample
- Press F5.
Demonstrates
Some of the changes made are:
Object-oriented approach The classes Tape, Recorder, Channel, and TapeFrame are implemented. Modules are replaced by classes.
ByRef and ByVal ByRef is replaced with ByVal where appropriate.
XML Comments These comments replace the formatted comment blocks.
Naming conventions Hungarian names are removed.
Boolean types Boolean variables replace Integer values.