Windows Forms for Visual Basic 6.0 Users

In Visual Basic 6.0 (and all earlier versions of Visual Basic), Windows-based applications were created using forms that were an integral part of the Visual Basic Runtime. In Visual Basic 2008, Windows-based applications are created using Windows Forms, which are provided by the .NET Framework.

Windows Forms and Windows Forms controls provide a richer, more extensible architecture for developing Windows-based applications; however, there are a number of differences between Windows Forms and controls and Visual Basic 6.0 Forms and controls. The following topics are designed to help you discover the differences.

In This Section

• Forms Tasks for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in common tasks for working with forms.

• Windows Forms Controls for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Provides links to topics describing the differences between Visual Basic 6.0 and Windows Forms controls and objects.

• Control Property, Method, and Event Changes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Provides links to topics describing differences in properties, methods, and events for forms, controls, and other objects.

• Control Arrays for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes the differences in control arrays between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Form Positioning for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in setting a form's screen location between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Menu Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in creating menus between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• MDI for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in multiple-document interface (MDI) applications between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Dialog Box Changes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in creating dialog boxes between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Color Behavior for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in color handling between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Help Support for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in implementing Help between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Printing Changes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in printing support for applications between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

Related Sections

• Events and Event Handling for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in writing event handlers between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Drag and Drop for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes differences in implementing drag-and-drop operations between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Graphics for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes changes in graphics methods between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

• Windows Forms Overview
  Introduces basic concepts related to forms.

• Additions to Windows Forms for the .NET Framework 2.0
  Describes new features for Windows Forms.

• Windows Applications Namespaces in Visual Studio
  Introduces the namespaces related to Windows Forms.

• Help for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Provides links to additional topics describing differences between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.