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It was implemented on the <a href="/wiki/.NET_Framework_version_history#.NET_Framework_1.0" title=".NET Framework version history">.NET Framework 1.0</a>. The main new feature was <a href="/wiki/Managed_code" title="Managed code">managed code</a>. Programmers familiar only with Visual Basic would probably have encountered difficulties working with the new version or adapting existing programs for it. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Obvious_major_differences">Obvious major differences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Obvious major differences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The new platform bore little resemblance to its predecessor.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> While programmers expected to be able to recompile their Visual Basic source to a .NET target, the reality of the situation was that Visual Basic .NET was a vastly different paradigm.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="reliable source needed for the whole sentence (February 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Obvious syntax differences aside, Visual Basic .NET provides much the same functionality as <a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a> (since they both compile down to <a href="/wiki/Common_Intermediate_Language" title="Common Intermediate Language">MSIL</a>, with the most obvious difference being the case insensitivity of Visual Basic .NET, maintaining the original case-insensitivity of Visual Basic), which is more of a problem for <a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a> programmers trying to inter-operate with Visual Basic .NET developers than anything else. </p><p>The basic syntax remains very similar: conditions, loops, procedures, sub-routines are declared and written in the same manner (see Visual Basic). Mobility from prior Visual Basic iterations to Visual Basic .NET really are parts of existing code: programmers with experience in both worlds are required to effectively target the new platform with older logic. The Visual Basic .NET developer will have to learn the use of the basic .NET types rather than what they have been used to in Visual Basic. </p><p>A programmer who has only worked with Visual Basic may encounter a steep learning curve to migrate to Visual Basic .NET. A programmer who is versed in another language or who has had exposure to the .NET runtime should be able to cope. It would be better to think of Visual Basic .NET as a new language inspired by the classic Visual Basic rather than as a continuation of Visual Basic 6.0, with the added difficulty for migrating programmers that VB.NET interfaces with the .NET Framework whereas VB6 was based on the <a href="/wiki/Component_Object_Model" title="Component Object Model">Component Object Model</a> (COM).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="reliable source needed for the whole sentence (February 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="More_detailed_comparison">More detailed comparison</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: More detailed comparison"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are some immediate changes that developers should take note of: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="More_C-like_syntax">More C-like syntax</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: More C-like syntax"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Basic .NET allows for the <code>+=</code>, <code>-=</code>, <code>*=</code>, <code>/=</code>, <code>\=</code>, <code>^=</code>, and <code>&=</code> compound operators so that longer lines like: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbnet mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="n">variable</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">variable</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span> </pre></div> <p>can now be written as: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbnet mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="n">variable</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span> </pre></div> <p>However, increment and decrement operators are <i>not</i> supported. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short-circuited_logic">Short-circuited logic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Short-circuited logic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In prior iterations of Visual Basic, all statements in a condition would have been evaluated even if the outcome of the condition could be determined before evaluating a condition. For example: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-vbnet mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="k">If</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">foo</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">And</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bar</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">Then</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="c">' code here is executed if foo() and bar() both return True, however, if foo() returns False, bar() is still evaluated</span> <span class="k">End</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">If</span> </pre></div> <p>This was not only inefficient, but could lead to unexpected results for any person used to another language. In Visual Basic .NET, the new AndAlso and OrElse<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> operators have been added to provide <a href="/wiki/Short-circuit_evaluation" title="Short-circuit evaluation">short-circuit evaluation</a> like many other languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Explicit_pointer-like_types_are_no_more">Explicit pointer-like types are no more</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Explicit pointer-like types are no more"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Var* variable types are deprecated in Visual Basic .NET. The common runtime decides which types are reference types and which types are value types so this is no longer the domain of the programmer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Properties:_Let_and_Set">Properties: Let and Set</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Properties: Let and Set"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Class properties no longer require the Let and Set statements </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Debug_printing">Debug printing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Debug printing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Debug.Print is replaced with Debug.Write and Debug.WriteLine </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Procedures">Procedures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Procedures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A procedure call must have parentheses in Visual Basic .NET. </p><p>Visual Basic .NET requires a ByVal or ByRef specification for parameters. In Visual Basic the specification could be omitted, implying ByRef by default. Most development environments, such as <a href="/wiki/Visual_Studio_.NET" class="mw-redirect" title="Visual Studio .NET">Visual Studio .NET</a>, will automatically insert a ByVal, so in effect the default is ByVal, not ByRef. There are tools to convert Visual Basic code to VB.NET, such as the Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard that was included in Visual Studio .NET 2002 and 2003. Conversion tools automatically insert a ByRef if necessary, preserving the semantics of the Visual Basic application. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zero-based_arrays">Zero-based arrays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Zero-based arrays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Basic 5.0 and 6.0 has traditionally employed zero-based arrays (the default lower bound), unless "Option Base 1" is declared. This was the source of many out-by-one errors in Visual Basic programs, especially when dealing with interoperability across program library boundaries. Although the .NET Common Language Runtime can support arrays with any base value, Visual Basic .NET and <a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a> provide only zero-based arrays and lists, and the .NET <a href="/wiki/Common_Language_Infrastructure" title="Common Language Infrastructure">Common Language Specification</a> requires zero-based arrays for interoperability between .NET languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jagged_Arrays">Jagged Arrays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jagged Arrays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Basic .NET introduced the concept of a <a href="/wiki/Jagged_array" title="Jagged array">jagged array</a>, whereby the rows can have unequal length as opposed to the uniform length of arrays imposed on Visual Basic programmers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variant_data_type_is_gone">Variant data type is gone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Variant data type is gone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In languages compiling down to .NET platform, types are strict. Whilst the runtime allows for anonymous object which don't have a pre-defined, named type, the type of a variable may not change over the course of its life-time, hence the need to drop the Variant data-type. However, type "Object" has somewhat similar behavior in practice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="True_object-oriented_programming">True object-oriented programming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: True object-oriented programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Visual Basic was an <i><a href="/wiki/Object-based_language" title="Object-based language">object-based</a></i> language. It supported classes, but not other concepts that would make it an object-oriented language. Visual Basic .NET is a true <i>object-oriented</i> language with the following features: </p> <ol><li>inheritance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Function_overloading" title="Function overloading">function overloading</a></li></ol> <p>Although no language targeting .NET allows for <a href="/wiki/Multiple_inheritance" title="Multiple inheritance">multiple inheritance</a> for classes—multiple inheritance of interfaces is supported. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Change_from_COM_to_NET">Change from COM to NET</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Change from COM to NET"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whilst the IDE does a reasonable job of hiding the fact, the dependence on ActiveX objects is dropped in Visual Basic .NET (although there are mechanisms for interfacing with <a href="/wiki/Component_Object_Model" title="Component Object Model">COM</a> in .NET <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) in favour of .NET components offering similar functionality. This shift is good for the Visual Basic developer since much of the performance issues in Visual Basic arose around the cost of the COM interface. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elementary_geometry_management_via_the_Forms_designer">Elementary geometry management via the Forms designer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Visual_Basic_and_Visual_Basic_.NET&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elementary geometry management via the Forms designer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the true banes of a Visual Basic developer's life has always been writing resize code. 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