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Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers

If you use Visual Basic 6, see the adoption and code migration issues in moving to Visual Basic 2005, and find guidance for a productive transition. Or extend your .NET skills using rapid application development, debugging, deployment, and more.

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  • Version:

    1.1

    Date Published:

    3/14/2006

    File Name:

    IntroToVB2005.msi

    File Size:

    7.0 MB

    Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues you’ll encounter. They’ll step you through a quick primer on .NET Framework programming, offering guidance for a productive transition. If you already work with .NET, you’ll jump directly into what’s new, learning how to extend your existing skills. From the innovations in rapid application development, debugging, and deployment, to new data access, desktop, and Web programming capabilities, you get the prerelease insights and code walkthroughs you need to get productive right away.
  • Supported Operating Systems

    Windows XP

    Visual Basic 2005
    Visual Basic 6
    Visual Studio 2005
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