Commonly my VB6 usercontrols use Ambient.DisplayName to
find their instance names on the parent form for default
labelling etc.
Can anyone tell me the VB.Net equivalent?

I'm having some problems upgrading a project from VB6 Professional to VB.NET
2003 Professional.
When I start the upgrade wizard it starts to convert the code, but then
stops with what appears to be a dialog generated by a component that we use

this m=Array("1","2","3","4")
in VB.NET ?????
in VB6 =Array
in VB.NET??

Hello, my name is Gustavo  and I want to know:
What one needs to be a good programmer of computers?
Which your advice are to be a good programmer?
How is the logic acquired?

All VB6 projects are basically not upgradable to VB.net
2003. Even very simple projects cannot be upgraded,
because of mess introduced by upgrade wizzard. Majority
(but not all) of String (or Integer) variables

can anyone mail me simple program how to trap a key event in vb.net ( When other application are in focus).
Mean Some thing like TSR ( rem in DOS).
So the Key event come to my application first, then it should goes to other application.
So I can make a Keylogger software.

OK, I am trying to create a new Web project, I have already created 2
projects WebApplication1 and WebApplication2. VB.NET refuses to allow me to
create another new Web Project. Is this yet another of the undocumented
limitations of VB.Net Standard edtion?

A question about size unit!
Hi, all,
I want to draw a ruler on my form, and I want to display
it in mm unit, my code as following, but it doesn't work

I am using printdocument, printpreview controls for printing a report
in VB.NET.
I am getting the required report and able to view multiple pages in
print preview control.

My Problem is something like this.
Create a sample windows application, having 2 textboxes & a command
button
Set the forms controlbox property to True

I know that not very much people thinks that the upgrade of the vb6
application is the way to go.
But I have a big business application,  with many customers, continuously
developing new functionality, and I can't afford to stop the development

I need to use the CommonDialog (comdlg32.ocx) component
within Word/Excel 97, but after migrating to Visual
Basic .NET the program denies me access to this tool,
saying it doesn't detect Visual Basic 6.  How can I re-

I am in the process of upgrading from VB6 as a development tool to VB
.NET. When I upgraded my first project with the upgrade wizard, every
event procedure for a ComboBox Click event had an upgrade warning that
pointed to the help text topic "Event may fire when form is

Hi,
  Is there a method to forbidden displaying the listbox
of the comboBox? In other words, when click the comboBox,
don't display the drapDown list!

How do you maintain VB6 like Binary Compatibility in .net?