Declaration Changes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users

The following topics describe differences between declarations in Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2008.

In This Section

• Declaration Syntax for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Describes multiple variable declaration and return type declaration.

• String Length Declaration for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Discusses the specification of string length.

• Structure Declaration for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Discusses structures, also known as user-defined types (UDTs).

• Variable Scope for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Discusses the scope of variables inside a block.

Related Sections

• Programming Element Support Changes Summary
  Provides an alphabetical list of programming elements that have changed or are no longer supported in Visual Basic 2008, and includes their replacements.

• Language Changes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
  Provides an overview of new and changed features in Visual Basic 2008.