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.