Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
...You are a total FREAK!! I'm so proud of you for admitting that...
I had some really pretty classmates. About 20 to be exact. I was the only guy in the class, so I got help, even when I didn't really need it.

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Well, I have to say it. I’m impressed! It takes a lot for me to say that. Within about an hour, I had a functioning model of an application I had done in VB6 running in VB2008 Exp. As I went along, I had the one open in VB6 to use as a reference. Some of it I keyed and most I copied and pasted. Bits and pieces, VB2008 didn’t like and pointed it out to me with a jagged underline. Nice feature. I was able to rapidly correct them by replacing instead of typing. These had to do with “caption” versus “text” in labels. In VB6, I never used the “Me” reference. I always wrote it all out. I.e.: “form1.label1.text”. VB2008 calls that “referring to itself” or something similar. As soon as I saw the form identifier underlined, I had a decent idea what the issue was.

There are numerous little things I saw that are great improvements: Text alignment within labels, and guideline alignment of labels to each other on a form, for example. Autosize makes for an extra step, and that’s just fine. There were times I wished I had that feature in the past.

There was one thing in specific that I looked for and did not see: The ability to disable the “X” button on the right side of the toolbar. There are times when I prefer that not be available. I used to disable it in VB6 using some DLL calls and extra code.

My biggest caveat with VB after VB6 was the change in the file system. I had gotten used to Open, Output, Append, and so on. After digging in the MSDN documents and taking some notes, I’ve found the new variants for performing those file operations.

Historically, I’ve been a number-cruncher when it comes to programming. Cryptography has been a favorite for a very long time. Game programming never interested me. Photographic manipulation just a little; photography being one of my other long-time hobbies. Database programming, I never had a need for in a work environment. I realize that is important to a lot of people for many reasons. Inventory, payroll, and taxes, just to name a few. I learned a little SQL though a few years back. I worked for a big company several years ago in their Info/Tech area and had some experience. Downsizing took care of that.

As or SP3, that is included in the new package I am very seriously considering.