Visual C# .NET: A Guide for VB6 Developers

.NET is the most exciting Microsoft release for many years. As companies turn their attention to the .NET Framework, developers need to transfer their skills as quickly as possible. This book will make it easy to transfer your skills from Visual Basic 6 to C#, the language of choice of the .NET Framework.

Building on the familiar territory of VB6, this book will teach you C# and how to use it to program the .NET Framework. Packed with real-world, usable code, this book is full of practical examples. 100% relevant to your everyday programming tasks, it shows you what you really need to know to build powerful desktop applications.

With Visual C# .NET: A Guide for VB6 Developers you will learn to:

- Build powerful, effective Windows applications with C#

- Exploit Visual Studio .NET's time-saving features

- Use the power of the .NET Framework in your applications

- Benefit from code reuse through object orientation and class libraries

- Access and manipulate data sources through ADO.NET

- Build maintainable, scalable applications quickly

- Use familiar ActiveX controls in .NET applications

- Create new user controls in C#, which can be used in any .NET application

- Integrate existing Visual Basic code with C# .NET programs