Windows Forms Controls for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
New controls and objects in Visual Basic 2008 replace the intrinsic controls, objects, and collections in Visual Basic 6.0. In some cases, the names have changed; in many cases, the properties, methods, and events are different.
In This Section
The following topics present mappings between Visual Basic 6.0 controls and objects and their Visual Basic 2008 equivalents:
App Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
CheckBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Clipboard Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
ComboBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
CommandButton Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
CommonDialog Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Controls Collection for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Data Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
DataGrid Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
DirListBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
DriveListBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
FileListBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Font Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Form Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Forms Collection for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Frame Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
HScrollBar Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Image Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Label Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Line Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
ListBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
ListView Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
MaskEdBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
MDIForm Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Menu Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
OLE Container Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
OptionButton Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
PictureBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Printer Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Printers Collection for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
ProgressBar Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
RDO Data Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
RichTextBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Screen Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Shape Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
StatusBar Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
TextBox Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
ToolBar Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Timer Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
TreeView Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
User Controls for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
VBControlExtender Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
VScrollBar Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
WebBrowser Control for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Related Sections
Windows Forms Controls
Provides links to topics about the controls designed specifically to work with Windows Forms.Control Property, Method, and Event Changes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
Provides links to topics describing differences in properties, methods, and events for forms, controls, and other objects.Controls and Programmable Objects Compared in Different Languages and Libraries
Provides a comparison of various different controls and objects.Additions to Windows Forms for the .NET Framework 2.0
Describes new features for Windows Forms.