Can you recommend a book?

[ProfitMaxTrading.com]

Greetings.

I'm a VB6 programmer that has just installed the VB.Net. I would like to
learn VB.NET as quickly as possible. Already I'm finding simple issues such
as the Print object not supported in VB.Net. Wish to port my programs over
to VB.Net before I continue on them.

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking a
VB6 programmer into the NET world.

Thanks!
Rick

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"ProfitMaxTradi ng.com" <no****@nospam. com> schrieb:

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking
a VB6 programmer into the NET world.

If you don't mind using digital books:

Free books:

Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/vbasic/whidbey/introto2005/>

Download size of complete book is approx. 15.4 MB.

Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/vbrun/staythepath/additionalresou rces/upgradingvb6/>

Download size of complete book is approx. 30 MB.

Side note: I didn't read any of the books above so I cannot tell you if the
books are useful.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Peter van der Goes]

"ProfitMaxTradi ng.com" <no****@nospam. com> wrote in message
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Greetings.

I'm a VB6 programmer that has just installed the VB.Net. I would like to
learn VB.NET as quickly as possible. Already I'm finding simple issues
such as the Print object not supported in VB.Net. Wish to port my programs
over to VB.Net before I continue on them.

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking
a VB6 programmer into the NET world.

Thanks!
Rick

Here are two, posted here earlier by Herfried K. Wagner

"Free books:

Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/vbasic/whidbey/introto2005/>

Download size of complete book is approx. 15.4 MB.

Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/vbrun/staythepath/additionalresou rces/upgradingvb6/>

Download size of complete book is approx. 30 MB."

Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but the price is right :)
--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

[ProfitMaxTrading.com]

Thanks Herfried and Peter.

Much appreciated!!
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"ProfitMaxTradi ng.com" <no****@nospam. com> schrieb:

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking
a VB6 programmer into the NET world.

If you don't mind using digital books:

Free books:

Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/vbasic/whidbey/introto2005/>

Download size of complete book is approx. 15.4 MB.

Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft. com/vbrun/staythepath/additionalresou rces/upgradingvb6/>

Download size of complete book is approx. 30 MB.

Side note: I didn't read any of the books above so I cannot tell you if
the books are useful.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[tomb]

ProfitMaxTradin g.com wrote:

Greetings.

I'm a VB6 programmer that has just installed the VB.Net. I would like to
learn VB.NET as quickly as possible. Already I'm finding simple issues such
as the Print object not supported in VB.Net. Wish to port my programs over
to VB.Net before I continue on them.

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking a
VB6 programmer into the NET world.

Thanks!
Rick

I use "Programmin g Visual Basic .Net" by Microsoft Press. While many of
their books have been disappointing, this one practically took me by the
hand with the explanations.

Tom

[ProfitMaxTrading.com]

Thanks Tomb.

:-)

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ProfitMaxTradin g.com wrote:

Greetings.

I'm a VB6 programmer that has just installed the VB.Net. I would like to
learn VB.NET as quickly as possible. Already I'm finding simple issues such
as the Print object not supported in VB.Net. Wish to port my programs over
to VB.Net before I continue on them.

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking a
VB6 programmer into the NET world.

Thanks!
Rick
I use "Programmin g Visual Basic .Net" by Microsoft Press. While many of their books have been disappointing, this one practically took me by the hand with the explanations.

Tom

[Larry Lard]

ProfitMaxTradin g.com wrote:

Greetings.

I'm a VB6 programmer that has just installed the VB.Net. I would like to
learn VB.NET as quickly as possible. Already I'm finding simple issues such
as the Print object not supported in VB.Net. Wish to port my programs over
to VB.Net before I continue on them.

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking a
VB6 programmer into the NET world.

Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts, and Code, Second Edition
(Paperback)
by Dan Appleman

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159059102X

This is not just a 'programming in VB.NET' book, it's a 'how to become
a VB.NET programmer given that you are already a VB6 programmer'.
Appleman hopefully needs no introduction...

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Larry Lard
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[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

Hi Rick,

I would recommend for VB6 programmers moving to .NET:

Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Reference) (Hardcover)
by Francesco Balena
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/073...83155&v=glance

And read it twice. Also, although maybe you don´t want to hear this, I would
not port anything until you master .NET, which can take a few months. I
would learn first the basics of OOP (inheritance, constructors, etc. which
VB6 programers are not used to), the .NET concepts (garbage collection,
assemblies, strong names, interop, etc.), the huge .NET Gramework library
(to not reinvent the wheel when porting), the VS.NET IDE, I would do some
examples, prototypes, then small applications and once you master all and
feel comfortable using .NET, then I would port apps if needed.

Doing it otherwise or rushing can cause a lot of frustration and pain. Just
my opinion.

--

Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
Free resources for add-in developers:
http://www.mztools.com

"ProfitMaxTradi ng.com" <no****@nospam. com> escribió en el mensaje
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Greetings.

I'm a VB6 programmer that has just installed the VB.Net. I would like to
learn VB.NET as quickly as possible. Already I'm finding simple issues
such as the Print object not supported in VB.Net. Wish to port my programs
over to VB.Net before I continue on them.

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking
a VB6 programmer into the NET world.

Thanks!
Rick

[Adelino Araújo]

Carlos
I was going to recommend the same book. You've said it all.
"Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" wrote:

Hi Rick,

I would recommend for VB6 programmers moving to .NET:

Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Reference) (Hardcover)
by Francesco Balena
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/073...83155&v=glance

And read it twice. Also, although maybe you don´t want to hear this, I would
not port anything until you master .NET, which can take a few months. I
would learn first the basics of OOP (inheritance, constructors, etc. which
VB6 programers are not used to), the .NET concepts (garbage collection,
assemblies, strong names, interop, etc.), the huge .NET Gramework library
(to not reinvent the wheel when porting), the VS.NET IDE, I would do some
examples, prototypes, then small applications and once you master all and
feel comfortable using .NET, then I would port apps if needed.

Doing it otherwise or rushing can cause a lot of frustration and pain. Just
my opinion.

--

Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
Free resources for add-in developers:
http://www.mztools.com

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Greetings.

I'm a VB6 programmer that has just installed the VB.Net. I would like to
learn VB.NET as quickly as possible. Already I'm finding simple issues
such as the Print object not supported in VB.Net. Wish to port my programs
over to VB.Net before I continue on them.

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking
a VB6 programmer into the NET world.

Thanks!
Rick

[ProfitMaxTrading.com]

No, Appleman needs no introduction.

Thanks Larry.

Whew! Guess there isn't just one or two MUST HAVE's. Now my dilemma is
figuring out which to start off with.

:-)
Rick
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ProfitMaxTradin g.com wrote:

Greetings.

I'm a VB6 programmer that has just installed the VB.Net. I would like to
learn VB.NET as quickly as possible. Already I'm finding simple issues
such
as the Print object not supported in VB.Net. Wish to port my programs
over
to VB.Net before I continue on them.

Was wondering what book most of you had found to be really good at taking
a
VB6 programmer into the NET world.

Moving to VB .NET: Strategies, Concepts, and Code, Second Edition
(Paperback)
by Dan Appleman

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159059102X

This is not just a 'programming in VB.NET' book, it's a 'how to become
a VB.NET programmer given that you are already a VB6 programmer'.
Appleman hopefully needs no introduction...

--
Larry Lard
Replies to group please