Co-written by VB 6 expert author Rockford Lhotka, this title focuses on what is new and improved. NET while making a lot of good relationships with older VB along the road. the beginning to see the big picture on the NET,. with special attention on how to upgrade the latest platforms from Microsoft improves on the previous COM and DNA. (Interestingly, the authors argue that the older COM standard is not going away any time soon.) Protruding section of this book is a feature-by-feature language tutorial to make the transition between VB 6 and VB. NET, with the material highlighted in the programming "gotchas" - with arrays and data types, for example. Instead of comprehensive coverage of the topics programming, some parts covering the basics of writing applications for Windows Forms (the client) and Web Forms (in the server) with the added value ADO.NET for database programming (including the new XML support). This section will be useful to help you get started in your own programs with some clear examples of the API and the concept particularly important. Material effect on the ability of large objects VB. NET may be quite daunting for many veterans VB 6, but in-depth tutorials here will help you master the new features for modeling objects NET .. To all readers, the end of the deployment options available in VB. NET is a must (including how to create the installation program). While the next part of the text stress the high-end. NET features, there are many materials that are very easily accessible to those who make the leap to the VB basis. NET.