Intrinsic Control Mappings

The Visual Basic Upgrade Companion converts several Visual Basic 6.0 intrinsic controls/classes to their .NET equivalents.

The following list shows the source control and their .NET target:

VB6 Source	.NET Equivalent
Vb.TextBox	System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Vb.ListBox	System.Windows.Forms.ListBox
Vb.ComboBox	System.Windows.Forms.ComboBo
Vb.DirListBox	Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.DirListBox
Vb.FileListBox	Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.FileListBox
Vb.Control	System.Windows.Forms.Control
Vb.Form	System.Windows.Forms.Form
Vb.MDIForm	System.Windows.Forms.Form
Vb.Frame	System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox
stdole.Font	System.Drawing.Font
Vb.HScrollBar	System.Windows.Forms.HScrollBar
Vb.VScrollBar	System.Windows.Forms.VScrollBar
Vb.Image	System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox
Vb.Label	System.Windows.Forms.Label
Vb.Line	System.Windows.Forms.Label
Vb.Menu	System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
Vb.Timer	System.Windows.Forms.Timer
Vb.CommandButton	System.Windows.Forms.Button
Vb.CheckBox	System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
Vb.OptionButton	System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton
Vb.PictureBox	System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox
Vb.Printer	Partially supported by using a Helper Class
Vb.UserControl	System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
Vb.DriveListBox	Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.DriveListBox
stdole.PictureIcon	System.Drawing.Icon
stdole.StdPicture	System.Drawing.Image
stdole.StdFont	System.Drawing.Font
stdole.FontEvents	System.Drawing.Font

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