This tutorial is intended to show some of the differences VB.Net has introduced over VB6. This tutorial is aimed at the VB.Net beginner. It will show some of the major differences VB.Net has introduced over VB6. This tutorial does not cover changes in the IDE, only basic code changes. Table of Contents : Introduction, Purpose, Scope, References, Variable Declaration, User-defined Types (UDT'S), Option Explicit/Option Strict, String Manipulation Commands, COding Examples and Comparison, Retrieving The Application Path, Passing Time Back to the CPU, Displaying Message Box's and Retrieving a Response With a Case Statement, Working With Array, Searching for Array, Basic Array Sorting, Text File Manipulation, Reading Text Files, Writing/Creating Text Files, Checking If a File Exists, Error Handling, Basic Mathematic Functions, Returning Value From Functions, Working with The Windows Resgistry, Reading the Registry, Writing to the Registry, Creating New Registry Keys.