Sunday, August 4, 2013

Modifying Your ASP Code to ASPX VB.Net

This could have been a very old topic as ASP (VB) has been phased out long ago and VB.Net is almost obsolete compared with C#. Although VB and VB.net are using the same programming language, the way they work on a web page is vastly different.

Anyway, let's go with the fun of migrating from one programming environment to another.

ASP (VB)

<%
.
.
Dim orange
orange = "apple"
.
.
.
%>

<html>
<body>
.
.
...<%=orange%> . . .
.
.
.
</body>

</html>



ASPX (VB.Net)

<%@ import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<%@ Page Language="vb" Debug="true" %>

<script language="vb" runat="server">

Private orange as String

Sub Page_Load()
.
.
orange = "apple"
.
.
End Sub

</script>

<html>

<body>
.
.
...<% Response.Write(orange) %> . . .
.
.
.
</body>

</html>



It's hard to get used to the new structure of VB.net initially. But once you get it done error-free a few times, you'll get used to it. There are also some syntax changes in VB.net compared to the old VB such as the use of "+" to concatenate strings together instead of using "&".

Anyway, that's all for now and happy coding!!!

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