Converting this 2008 code to 2010.

[Our Enemies]

What would this 2008 VB.net code be in 2010 without error?
"System.IO.File.WriteAllLines("prefs\prefs.ini", Form1.optionsData.ToArray(GetType(System.String)))"
And this,
"clsRequest.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(GetPreferenceValue("uname"), GetPreferenceValue("pass"))"

Errors:

Error 2 Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'New' can be called without a narrowing conversion:
'Public Sub New(userName As String, password As System.Security.SecureString)': Argument matching parameter 'userName' narrows from 'Object' to 'String'.
'Public Sub New(userName As String, password As System.Security.SecureString)': Argument matching parameter 'password' narrows from 'Object' to 'System.Security.SecureString'.
'Public Sub New(userName As String, password As String)': Argument matching parameter 'userName' narrows from 'Object' to 'String'.
'Public Sub New(userName As String, password As String)': Argument matching parameter 'password' narrows from 'Object' to 'String'. C:\Users\PC\Documents\Downloads\Form1.vb 823 38 FFViewerV2


Error 1 Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'WriteAllLines' can be called without a narrowing conversion:
'Public Shared Sub WriteAllLines(path As String, contents As System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of String))': Argument matching parameter 'contents' narrows from 'System.Array' to 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of String)'.
'Public Shared Sub WriteAllLines(path As String, contents() As String)': Argument matching parameter 'contents' narrows from 'System.Array' to '1-dimensional array of String'. C:\Users\PC\Documents\Downloads\Form1.vb 270 13 FFViewerV2


Error 4 Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'WriteAllLines' can be called without a narrowing conversion:
'Public Shared Sub WriteAllLines(path As String, contents As System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of String))': Argument matching parameter 'contents' narrows from 'System.Array' to 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of String)'.
'Public Shared Sub WriteAllLines(path As String, contents() As String)': Argument matching parameter 'contents' narrows from 'System.Array' to '1-dimensional array of String'. C:\Users\PC\Documents\Downloads\Options.vb 44 13 FFViewerV2

[Shaggy Hiker]

The same thing. 2010 can target every framework that 2008 could, and code from 2008 should work without any change in 2010. Since you are asking, I would assume that you are having problems with those lines. What are the errors you are getting?

[Our Enemies]

The program worked in 2008 lol. The errors I am getting for it are

Error 2 Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'New' can be called without a narrowing conversion:
'Public Sub New(userName As String, password As System.Security.SecureString)': Argument matching parameter 'userName' narrows from 'Object' to 'String'.
'Public Sub New(userName As String, password As System.Security.SecureString)': Argument matching parameter 'password' narrows from 'Object' to 'System.Security.SecureString'.
'Public Sub New(userName As String, password As String)': Argument matching parameter 'userName' narrows from 'Object' to 'String'.
'Public Sub New(userName As String, password As String)': Argument matching parameter 'password' narrows from 'Object' to 'String'. C:\Users\PC\Documents\Downloads\Form1.vb 823 38 FFViewerV2

Error 4 Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'WriteAllLines' can be called without a narrowing conversion:
'Public Shared Sub WriteAllLines(path As String, contents As System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of String))': Argument matching parameter 'contents' narrows from 'System.Array' to 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of String)'.
'Public Shared Sub WriteAllLines(path As String, contents() As String)': Argument matching parameter 'contents' narrows from 'System.Array' to '1-dimensional array of String'. C:\Users\PC\Documents\Downloads\Options.vb 44 13 FFViewerV2

Error 1 Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'WriteAllLines' can be called without a narrowing conversion:
'Public Shared Sub WriteAllLines(path As String, contents As System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of String))': Argument matching parameter 'contents' narrows from 'System.Array' to 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of String)'.
'Public Shared Sub WriteAllLines(path As String, contents() As String)': Argument matching parameter 'contents' narrows from 'System.Array' to '1-dimensional array of String'. C:\Users\PC\Documents\Downloads\Form1.vb 270 13 FFViewerV2

[Our Enemies]

It wont let me post?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yeah, there's some delay until you have something like 10 posts, or so. It's just there to weed out spambots.

As for the issue, I would say that the 2008 code was probably written with Option Strict OFF, while the 2010 code has Option Strict ON. Technically, you could probably make all the problems go away by turning Option Strict OFF again, but that would be a bad solution, because you'd be allowing implicit conversions, which are not a good idea. Therefore, what you should do would be to fix the errors. For example:

GetPreferenceValue("uname")

must be returning something of type Object. I don't recognize the method. If it is something you wrote, then you probably should change it to returning something of type String. Alternatively, you can just change it to:

GetPreferenceValue("uname").ToString

which will probably work fine.

The same general solution is needed for the other line, but I'm not sure which variation you are trying to match, and what optionsData is currently returning. It may be as simple as removing the .ToArray, but that depends on what it actually is.

[Our Enemies]

Could you Teamview or skype with me? Because it is hard to explain.

[Our Enemies]

The to string fixed the first line.
By doing this "clsRequest.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(GetPreferenceValue("uname").ToString, GetPreferenceValue("pass").ToString)"
But the last 2 wont work.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Could you Teamview or skype with me? Because it is hard to explain.

I don't do that.

What does form1.Optiondata return? What type?

[ForumAccount]

As Shaggy said, what is happening is that you are encountering Option Strict. This should have been on from the beginning because it's clear that you don't see what is happening. Going forward, you need to be aware of the return types of functions. The compiler isn't going to go easy on you anymore. If something needs a string array, then you need to give it a string array. If the function is returning an Object that actually is a string array then you need to do some casting (Google if you don't know how to cast in VB.NET).

These errors are a little bit different than what you would normally encounter with Option Strict. The problem you are having is that because your functions are only returning Object types, the parameters you are passing are matching multiple overloads of the same function. The compiler does not know what one you actually want to call, therefore, you need to tell it.

I highly recommend that you do not turn Option Strict off.