"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com> scripsit:
> > MSFT KB article 172338 gives an example of how to use the Query* API to
use
> > a high resolution timer.
> >
> > Alas, such code fails when upgraded to VB.NET because VB .NET does not
seem
> > to like to pass the Currency data type of VB 6 to the API the same way
as
> > was done in VB 6.
> >
> > When imported, the Currency data type gets changed to Decimal and I have
to
> > manually change that to Long for the critter to work.
>
> <http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306979>
>
> > Is there a list of other such differences?
>
>

>
> --
> Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
> <http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

> MSFT KB article 172338 gives an example of how to use the Query* API to use
> a high resolution timer.
>
> Alas, such code fails when upgraded to VB.NET because VB .NET does not seem
> to like to pass the Currency data type of VB 6 to the API the same way as
> was done in VB 6.
>
> When imported, the Currency data type gets changed to Decimal and I have to
> manually change that to Long for the critter to work.

> Is there a list of other such differences?