Code Samples

Download these Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET samples to learn more about building Microsoft Windows®-based applications, Web applications, and XML Web services.   

Visual Basic .NET

Visual Basic 6.0 Upgrade Samples
Download this set of four code samples that demonstrate techniques for upgrading from Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET.   

101 Code Samples for Visual Basic .NET
Download the set of 101 code samples for Visual Basic .NET from MSDN to learn more about building Microsoft Windows®–based applications and XML Web services. You may also download the samples individually.   

Visual Basic Samples
Choose from a variety of Visual Basic .NET code samples on MSDN geared specifically for getting started with Visual Basic .NET, enterprise development, and developing using Visual Studio .NET.   

DirListBox Sample
This sample control demonstrates how to extend the standard TreeView control to display a list of directories on the computer's drives. It is similar to the DirListBox control included with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.   

Toggle Switch Control
This sample contains a custom user control that simulates the toggle switch behavior that appears in Visual Studio .NET when viewing .aspx files in Design and Code view.   

Find And Replace Dialog Box
This sample control demonstrates how to leverage the Find and Replace dialog box provided by the Windows Common Dialog. The control subclasses the dialog and exposes its features through a class library control which can be inserted into a Windows Forms project.   

Line Controls
This sample contains StraightLine and CurvedLine controls that are inherited from a LineBase control. The controls display design-time editing.   

FolderBrowser Control
This sample contains a custom object called a FolderBrowser that wraps the functionality of the shell folder browser. This is an example of creating a .NET wrapper around some API functionality. Note that this functionality is already provided in Visual Basic .NET 2003 (through the 1.1 version of the .NET Framework).   

Visual Basic 6.0

Build a Multiple File Search and Replace Utility
Learn how to build a search and replace Utility by downloading this sample. Once built, this Utility searches and replaces text in multiple files in multiple folders.   

Visual Basic Samples
Download sample Visual Basic 6.0 program files from one convenient location by scanning documentation abstracts or installing the entire directory