{"id":6753,"date":"2006-09-20T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2006\/09\/20\/visual-basic-2005-power-pack\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T14:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T21:51:43","slug":"visual-basic-2005-power-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/visual-basic-2005-power-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Basic 2005 Power Pack!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>I&rsquo;m excited to announce that the Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Pack has been released and is now available for download on MSDN!&nbsp; <\/span><span>In this release we have two components:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span>Microsoft Interop Forms Toolkit 1.0\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b> &#8211; <span>This toolkit is aimed at simplifying the use of Visual Basic.NET WinForms within a Visual Basic 6 application. The toolkit is targeted specifically at providing tools and guidance for performing a phased migration of a VB6 forms-based application to VB.NET. The goal of a phased migration is a production release at the end of each phase that has both VB6 and .NET forms running in the same VB6 .exe process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span>Microsoft PrintForm Component 1.0\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/b> &#8211; <span>The PrintForm component is designed to bring back the ability to easily print a Windows Form. With this the new PrintForm component you can once again layout the Windows Form exactly as you want it and allow your users to print the form as a quick report.<\/span><span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Both components are fully supported, and we&rsquo;ve included the source code for the Interop Toolkit as well.&nbsp; For more information check out <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/vbasic\/downloads\/powerpacks\/default.aspx\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/vbasic\/downloads\/powerpacks\/default.aspx<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span><span>We plan to release additional components for the Power Pack in the coming months, and your feedback is an important part of the process.&nbsp; <span>Is there a specific component you&rsquo;d like to see? Let us know by submitting your suggestions and voting for your favorite ideas at <\/span><a title=\"http:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/vbasic\" href=\"http:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/vbasic\">http:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/vbasic<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Jonathan<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;m excited to announce that the Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Pack has been released and is now available for download on MSDN!&nbsp; In this release we have two components: &nbsp; Microsoft Interop Forms Toolkit 1.0 &#8211; This toolkit is aimed at simplifying the use of Visual Basic.NET WinForms within a Visual Basic 6 application. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":8818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,195],"tags":[83,165,170],"class_list":["post-6753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-visual-basic","tag-jonathan-aneja","tag-vb2005","tag-vb6_migrationinterop"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>I&rsquo;m excited to announce that the Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Pack has been released and is now available for download on MSDN!&nbsp; In this release we have two components: &nbsp; Microsoft Interop Forms Toolkit 1.0 &#8211; This toolkit is aimed at simplifying the use of Visual Basic.NET WinForms within a Visual Basic 6 application. 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