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

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.