"D & J G" <do********@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi all
I'm totally familiar with VB5 but am considering moving to VB6 soon.
However, I am a little apprehensive as to what difficulties, if any, are
ahead.
To those that have progressed..
What are the main features that you now use that weren't available in VB5?
Did it take long (hours? weeks? months?) to become comfortable with VB6?
Is VB6 more efficient in the final, compiled .exe in speed, size or
operation?
I may have more, but that will do for now. Very interested in your
comments.
TIA
Don
Just curious as to why you are looking to upgrade to VB 6, rather than VB
..NET? Apart from the obvious drawback that you need the .NET framework to
run your programs in, VB .NET has some really nice features.
These include (imho, naturally!):
The best IDE I've ever used.
Better implementation of the object-oriented paradigm.
Better integration with the rest of Visual Studio.
Potentially less verbose code (not a biggie to VB developers perhaps, but I
originally learnt 'C'...).
Task Lists to remind you what needs to be done.
An auto-import tool for your old VB 6 projects (which actually works well)
and a whole host of other benefits.
Oh, and the syntax is 95 % VB 6, with a few slight differences. You'll pick
it up in hours.