Controls and Programmable Objects Compared in Different Languages and Libraries
This topic lists Visual Basic 6.0 controls, Windows Forms controls, ASP.NET and HTML server controls, MFC and ATL classes, and Visual FoxPro objects.
| Visual Basic 6.0 object | Windows Forms control NEW | ASP.NET server control NEW | HTML server control NEW | MFC class | ATL class | Visual FoxPro object |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ComboBox | ComboBox | DropDownList | n/a | CComboBox | n/a | ComboBox |
| ImageCombo | ComboBox | n/a | n/a | CComboBoxEx | n/a | Image |
| CheckBox | ComboBox | CheckBox, CheckBoxList | HtmlInputCheckBox | CButton | n/a | CheckBox |
| CommandButton | Button | Button, LinkButton, ImageButton | HtmlInputButton, HtmlButton | CButton | n/a | CommandButton |
| Frame | GroupBox, Panel | Panel | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| OptionButton | RadioButton | RadioButton, RadioButtonList | HtmlInputRadioButton | CButton | n/a | OptionButton; OptionGroup |
| CommonDialog | FileDialog, PrintDialog, ColorDialog, FontDialog | n/a | n/a | CCommonDialog | n/a | CommonDialog; GETFILE( ; GETDIR( ) |
| ListBox | ListBox | ListBox | HtmlSelect | CListBox | n/a | ListBox |
| FileSystemObject | Classes in System.IO | n/a | n/a | CFile | n/a | Misc. functions |
| HScrollBar, VScrollBar | HscrollBar, VscrollBar | n/a | n/a | CScrollBar | n/a | n/a |
| COOLBar | n/a | n/a | n/a | CRebarCtrl | n/a | Toolbar |
| Label | Label | Label | n/a | CStatic | n/a | Label |
| TextBox | TextBox | TextBox | HtmlInputText | CEdit | n/a | TextBox; EditBox |
| Menu | MainMenu, ContextMenu | n/a | n/a | CMenu | n/a | Menu commands |
| Animation | Images on controls support animated GIFs | n/a | n/a | CAnimateCtrl | n/a | n/a |
| Form | Form | n/a | HtmlForm | CDialog, CFormView | CDialogImpl, CWindow, CWindowImpl | Form; FormSet |
| Timer | Timer | n/a | n/a | CWnd::SetTimer | n/a | Timer |
| DataGrid | DataGrid | DataGrid, DataList, Repeater | HtmlTable | n/a | n/a | Grid |
| DateTimePicker | DateTimePicker | n/a | n/a | CDateTimeCtrl | n/a | n/a |
| ImageList | ImageList | n/a | n/a | CImageList | n/a | ImageList |
| ListView | ListView | n/a | n/a | CListCtrl | n/a | ListView |
| Internet Transfer | Classes in System.Net | n/a | HtmlInputFile | CHttpConnection, CFtpConnection | n/a | Web Browser |
| MonthView | MonthCalendar | Calendar | n/a | CMonthCalCtrl | n/a | ActiveX Calendar; MonthView |
| ProgressBar | ProgressBar | n/a | n/a | CProgressCtrl | n/a | ProgressBar |
| PictureBox | PictureBox | Image | HtmlInputImage | CPictureHolder | n/a | n/a |
| RichTextBox | RichTextBox | n/a | n/a | CRichEditCtrl | n/a | RichTextBox |
| SSTab, TabStrip | TabControl | n/a | n/a | CTabCtrl | n/a | SSTab |
| StatusBar | StatusBar | n/a | n/a | CStatusBarCtrl | n/a | StatusBar |
| Slider | TrackBar | n/a | n/a | CSliderCtrl | n/a | Slider |
| Toolbar | Toolbar | n/a | n/a | CToolBarCtrl | n/a | Toolbar |
| TreeView | TreeView | n/a | n/a | CTreeCtrl | n/a | TreeView |
| UpDown | NumericUpDown, DomainUpDown | n/a | n/a | CSpinButtonCtrl | n/a | Spinner |
| WinSock | Classes in System.Net | n/a | n/a | CSocket | n/a | WinSock |
See Also
Windows Forms Controls | ASP.NET Server Controls | Control Classes (MFC) | ATL Window Classes | Language Equivalents | Control Changes in Visual Basic .NET