The code allocates a new block of memory each time the string is modified. VB6 programmers solve this familiar problem by allocating a large string, then stuffing characters into it using the Mid ...

Christopher Pesola was so eager to see how well the upgrade wizard Microsoft Corp. supplied would migrate Visual Basic 6 applications to its new .Net development environment that he tried a beta ...

I have an old VB6 project (DLL) that someone wants converted to VB.NET. It's been a long time since I've worked with VB6, and I've never done VB.NET, though I've done enough C#. I've read up on the ...

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Optimizing a VB.NET application often requires a deep understanding of how the .NET Framework works, including details about the inner workings of the garbage collector and the Just In Time (JIT) ...

Mobilize.Net has updated its Visual Basic migration tool to support .NET 6. The firm specializes in migration software, with offerings for WinForms-to-web/cloud, VB6-to-.NET, Silverlight-to-HTML and ...

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VB.NET changes the way you write Visual Basic code. You learn quickly that most of the optimization tricks you've learned for VB6 won't work under VB.NET. For example, .NET memory allocation forces ...

VB.NET changes the way you write Visual Basic code. You learn quickly that most of the optimization tricks you've learned for VB6 won't work under VB.NET. For example, .NET memory allocation forces ...

V B.NET changes the way you write Visual Basic code. You learn quickly that most of the optimization tricks you've learned for VB6 won't work under VB.NET. For example, .NET memory allocation forces ...