The silent majority of VB6 users did not ask for changes that came with .NET

We request Microsoft brings back classic Visual Basic as COM development is back with Windows 8.

David Platt wrote an excellent article about why classic VB still thrives:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj133828.aspx

Since Microsoft has abandoned your most successful development language vb6 decade. But a lot of the old professional programmers are still using vb6, Can Microsoft send VB6 as a gift to these old programmer? Perhaps these old programmers can make VB6 run on the Window8 and Windows Phones. .NET is really too slow and too complicated.
Thanks!

In C# you can indent a #region block so that the region flows with the layout of your code. Unless I am missing something, this is not the case in VB.

Example (C#):
public class MyClass
{

+[VARIABLES]

+[PROPERTIES]

+[METHODS]
}

Example (VB):
Public Class MyClass

+[VARIABLES]

+[PROPERTIES]

+[METHODS]

EndClass

When I double-click on a control I want the sub-procedure (like "Private Sub Button2_Click...") to be placed in alphabetical order in the code module - instantly and automatic - like in VB6. (I cannot understand why this very basic function still is not available in the newest VB-version - at least as an option.) In large projects this is essential.

I wanna remove all unused Imports from all VB classes of all projects. I don't want to click "Remove and Sort Imports" for each class one by one. Please include the same. I hope this would be included in the next version of Visual Studio.

Thanks,
Vihang

Make programming with types more easy.

I wish the Possibility to create a Report will be as comfortable and easy as it was in VB6.

Select TypeOf myobj
....Case SByte, Short, Integer, Long

End Select

This is a minor but irritating issue.

Suppose that I have the following line of code:

If someValue = True Then DoSomething()

and I need to change it to:

If someValue Then
DoSomething()
DoSomethingElse()
End If

Then I insert the cursor after the 'Then' and press 'enter' resulting in:

If someValue = True Then
<Cursor Here>
End IF
DoSomething()

I think that it would generally be more useful if the editor could do this instead:

If someValue = True Then
DoSomething()
<Cursor Here>
End IF

When I change between uppercase and lowercase on a variable name in a Dim command - I want this change to instantly show on all places where I have used this variable. (example: I change Dim strLastname as String to Dim strLastName as String --- and I want it to change instantly on all places.) This is very good in VB6 - helps visibility.

Current:
Public Function DoSomething(x As Integer, y As Integer, w As Integer, h As Integer, Value As Integer, Name As String, Count As Integer) As Boolean

Propsed:
Public Function DoSomething(x, y, w, h, Value As Integer, Name As String, Count As Integer) As Boolean

All variables x, y, w, h, Value would be of type Integer, like in Dim statement.

On QuickBasic and the first VB-Versions there has been the possibility to concentrate on a single procedure. You had to choose the sub, and on the screen there was nothing else but this sub. This has been a very proper way to work with procedures.

When I compile or debug the program I want all unused procedures to vanish automatically. (example: Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged End Sub should vanish when debug/compile if no code is inside it.)
This worked in VB6.

Select Case dblA
....Case Is > 1.22 And Is < 3.4

....Case Is > 4.1

....Case Else

End Select

Select Case sProductName
....Case Is > sPrevProdName And Is Like "* tea *"

....Case "apple juice"

End Select

Select Case sProductName
....Case Is Like "* tea *", Is Like "* coffee *"

....Case Like "* beer *", Like "* wine *" ' the Is keyword could be optional

End Select

Combine "Using" with "With", so that you could write for example:

Using System.IO.File.CreateText("log.txt")
.WriteLine("This is line one.")
.WriteLine("This is line two.")
End Using

instead of

Using writer As System.IO.TextWriter = System.IO.File.CreateText("log.txt")
writer.WriteLine("This is line one.")
writer.WriteLine("This is line two.")
End Using

Would be great to have the equivalent of @" some string " in c# in order to do line continuation in VB without the cumbersome " & _.
That would be particularly useful when writing SQL Statements.
Something like:

SqlQry = @" SELECT
Col1,
Col2,
Col3
FROM TableName; "