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Q&A

Q1:	When I upgrade my Visual Basic 6 application to Visual Basic .NET, can I still use my On Error Goto error-handling routines?
A1:	Yes, you can. However, they're provided for backward compatibility only, so you should consider rewriting your error-handling routines to the new structured exception handling in .NET.
Q2:	I'm used to Visual Basic 6 debugging, and I like to change my code while I am in debug mode. Why does .NET make me restart every time I do that now?
A2:	Visual Basic .NET is a compiled language, not interpreted. That means in order for your code to run, the intermediate language must be compiled before it runs—even when you're debugging. So, if you make a change to your code, you must restart the application to re-create the ...