Difference between vb components and dotnet components

Euh, you got a couple of hours...

Vb is com based.
This means that VB components can be called from applications created in
VB, C++, even delphi. Com means component object modal or something like
that, but i prefer to call it teh abbreviation of Communication. Com is
the layer/technologie that let's application talk to each other. They
can do that because the share a common layer, or interface. For VB
programs you only need the vb run time (1,4 mb)

If you want to understand how this works, you should read Programming
Distributed Applications with Com+ and ms VB6 (second edition) by Ted
Pattison.

.Net on the other had is using the .Net framework. This is no longer
using the Com layer, although it can interact with it. (By a technology
that is called com interop) You need the .net framework for these
components to work. This framework is 20 mb in size.

One of the changes is that com uses the registry, which .Net does not.
But there really is a lot of change in between VB6 and .net. You can
almost say forget everything you know. If you don't use classes in VB6,
it think you can even say, forget everything you know. If you use
classes the correct way, a lot of things (technique/code) will change,
but the general idea's will stick more or less.

A good book for a general overview of .net is "programming .Net" by Jef
Prosise
http://www.wintellect.com/about/instructors/prosise/netbook.asp
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735613761/ref=ase_wintellect-20/
102-9797748-3264918


Greetings,
Yves Hanoulle, IT-Guide, MCSD,MCP C#
www.objectsoft.be


-----Original Message-----
From: Technical discussion of VBCOM [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of P. S. Manikandan
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 11:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [VBCOM] Difference between vb components and dotnet components


hi friends..
           Can anyone tell the difference between the components
developed in visual basic and components developed in dotnet

Regards
Manikandan

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