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Control Property, Method, and Event Changes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users

Visual Studio 2008

Many of the properties, methods, and events for Visual Basic 6.0 controls and objects are replaced by Visual Basic 2008 properties, methods, and events that have different behaviors.

The following topics describe the changes for selected properties, methods, and events.

In This Section

Appearance and BorderStyle Properties for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes to the Appearance and BorderStyle properties of various controls.
ComboBox Control Change Event for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes in the behavior of the Change event of the ComboBox control.
Coordinate System for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes to the Height and Width properties, the Move method, and ScaleMode settings.
Form Events for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes to various form-level events.
MaxLength Property for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes to the MaxLength property of the TextBox control.
MousePointer for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes to the MousePointer property and constants.
Moveable Property for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes to the Moveable property of a form.
Style Property for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes to the Style, Picture, Disabled Picture, and DownPicture properties of various controls.
TopIndex Property and Scroll Event for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes changes to the TopIndex property and the Scroll event of ComboBox and ListBox controls.

Related Sections

Windows Forms Concepts for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes general conceptual differences when working with forms and controls.
Windows Forms Controls for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Compares all Visual Basic 6.0 controls and objects with their Windows Forms equivalents.
Constant Equivalents for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Lists all Visual Basic 6.0 constants and their Visual Basic 2008 equivalents.
Language Changes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Describes differences in the Visual Basic language between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.
Help for Visual Basic 6.0 Users: Portal for all topics comparing Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

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