Visual Basic.NET 2002 - Redistributables, Runtimes, Service Packs, and SDK's

Name	Description	Link
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.0 - Redistributable	The Microsoft® .NET Framework includes everything you need to run .NET Framework applications, including the Common Language Runtime, the .NET Framework class library, and ASP.NET.	click here
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.0a - SDK	The .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) contains samples, compilers, and command-line tools designed to help you build applications and services based on .NET Framework technology. The SDK also provides documentation that includes an extensive class library reference, conceptual overviews, step-by-step procedures, tools information, and tutorials that demonstrate how to create specific types of applications. If you want to distribute the .NET Framework with your application, you also need to download the .NET Framework Redistributable version 1.0.	click here
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 - Service Pack 3	The primary focus of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is improved security. In addition, the service pack includes roll-ups of all reported customer issues found after the release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0. Of particular note, SP3 provides better support for consuming WSDL documents, Data Execution prevention and protection from security issues such as buffer overruns.	click here

Visual Basic.NET 2003 - Redistributables, Runtimes, Service Packs, and SDK's

Name	Description	Link
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 - Redistributable	The .NET Framework version 1.1 redistributable package includes everything you need to run applications developed using the .NET Framework.	click here
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 - SDK	The Microsoft® .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) version 1.1 includes everything developers need to write, build, test, and deploy .NET Framework applications—documentation, samples, and command-line tools and compilers. You must install the .NET Framework Redistributable Package version 1.1 prior to installing the .NET Framework SDK.	click here
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 - Service Pack 1	The primary focus of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is improved security. In addition, the service pack includes roll-ups of all reported customer issues found after the release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1. Of particular note, SP1 provides better support for consuming WSDL documents, Data Execution prevention and protection from security issues such as buffer overruns.	click here

Visual Basic 2005 - Redistributables, Runtimes, Service Packs, and SDK's

Name	Description	Link
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 (x86, 32 Bit) - Redistributable	The Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 redistributable package installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated files required to run applications developed to target the .NET Framework v2.0.	click here
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 (x64, 64 Bit) - Redistributable	The Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 (x64) redistributable package installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated files required to run 64-bit applications developed to target the .NET Framework v2.0.	click here
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 (x86, 32 Bit) - SDK	The Microsoft .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) v2.0 (x86) includes tools, documentation and samples developers need to write, build, test, and deploy .NET Framework applications. You must install the .NET Framework Redistributable Package version 2.0 (x86) prior to installing the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK (x86).	click here
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 (x64, 64 Bit) - SDK	The Microsoft .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) v2.0 (x64) includes everything developers need to write, build, test, and deploy .NET Framework applications—documentation, samples, tools and compilers. You must install the .NET Framework Redistributable Package version 2.0 (x64) prior to installing the .NET Framework SDK (x64).	click here

Visual Basic.NET 2002/2003/2005 - Reference Resources

Name	Description	Link
Clarity Consulting C# to VB.Net converter	A very nice online C# to VB.Net source code converter. Can also down a program version.	click here
Comparing VB.Net to VB 6.0	This is a link to a nice article that describes the differences in VB.Net to VB 6.0.	click here
ConvertCSharp2VB.Net	Another nice online C# to VB.Net code converter. Also has a offline converter available.	click here
Various VB.Net changes	This is a link to a page at microsoft that contains many links to the changes in VB.Net. Lots of information to browse through. From, Form to Data changes to Registry and Runtime changes and everything in between.	click here
VB6 to VB.Net - syntax and type changes	This is a link to microsoft that goes over the syntax and data type changes from VB 6.0 to VB.Net. It not only explains the differences but, shows you how to get the same/similar results in VB.Net for the most part.	click here

Visual Basic.NET 2002/2003/2005 - Reference Resources Visual Basic 2005

Name	Description	Link
Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0	The Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 is a free add-in that simplifies the process of displaying .NET forms and controls in a Visual Basic 6 application. Instead of upgrading the entire code base, these applications can now be extended one form at a time.	click here
PrintForm Component 1.0	The PrintForm Component is designed to bring back the ability to easily print a Windows Form. With this new PrintForm component you can once again lay out the Windows Form exactly as you want it and allow your users to print the form as a quick report.	click here
Printer Compatibility Library 1.0	The Microsoft Printer Compatibility Library 1.0 allows projects that were upgraded from Visual Basic 6.0 to easily print without having to re-write your printing logic. By simply adding a reference to the Library, declaring a Printer, and making a few minor syntax changes, your project will be able to print using the Printers collection and Printer object as it did in Visual Basic 6.0.	click here
Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs	Power Packs are free Add-Ins, Controls, Components, and Tools for you to use with Visual Basic 2005 to make developing great applications even easier.	click here
Visual Basic Fusion: Use Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET Together	A Microsoft Visual Basic 6 application can access .NET class libraries, but to do so, it must go through an interoperability layer, known as a client callable wrapper. This wraps the desired .NET class, and exposes it so that it appears as a traditional COM object, which can be used from any environment that can consume COM objects. Learn how to create these wrappers.	click here