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Upgrading existing VB to the new VB.NET
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Move up to VB.NET with less cost and difficulty! The links here tell you About the best way to do it and what to look out for. Find links for comparisons between VB.NET and earlier versions and upgrade tips and tools.

Microsoft - Upgrade VB5 to VB.NET
This "White Paper" starts out with marketing hype, but then gets into specifics. The "Unsupported Features" section is eye-opening. Some information about upgrading ASP to ASP.NET is also included.

Microsoft - Object-Oriented Programming in Visual Basic .NET
An overview paper written for Microsoft by a InStep, a business partner, this paper is actually a good introduction to OOP in VB.NET. Microsoft wants it to look like a smooth transition, which it isn't, but other than that, it's a great page.

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