Re: VB6, VB2005, or Something Else?

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:38:04 -0500, "Ralph" <nt_consulting64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


¤ " Nothing can really be done about pasting VB.NET code to VB 6.0."
¤
¤ Duh!
¤
¤ "A lesser version of the product will never support the newer features."
¤
¤ Define lesser, then list the necessary features that absolutely couldn't
¤ have been constructed using additional keywords or 'blocked' segments (a la
¤ the following runs in managed code) with VB6 as the root.
¤

Huh? Why would they be adding VB.NET features to VB 6.0?

Are you sure you don't have my statement turned around?


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
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