Replaced Programming Elements

Several programming elements have been moved, refined, or removed in Visual Basic .NET. This section covers in alphabetical order general programming elements that have changed in some minor way.

Arctangent (Atn)

The arctangent function Atn has been relocated to the System.Math namespace and is called ATan in Visual Basic .NET.

Circle

The Circle statement from VB6 has been refined in the DrawEllipse method defined in the System.Drawing.Graphics namespace.

Debug Printing and Asserting

The debug tools Debug.Assert and Debug.Print have been moved and revised in Visual Basic .NET. Debugging tools exist in the System.Diagnostics namespace and have increased in number and power. Basic asserting and printing are supported ...

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