One Place I will prefer VB.NET over C#

[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

... Writing Office Addins. Call it C# language problems (who thought the idea not to support optional parameters) or Office COM issues - functions with tons of optional parameters). Either way the reality is that developing Office Addins suck in C#. Compare: C#

Application.Workbooks.Open(fileName, Missing.Value, true, Missing.Value,
Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value,
Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value,
Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value);

with VB.NET

Applications.Workbooks.Open(fileName,,true);

or even C++ is better

m_spApplication->Workbooks->Open(pszFileName, vtMissing, true);

[David Stone]

The ability to use named parameters would be even better...

[wout de zeeuw]

Ooooh, I'm drooling at the thought! Funny they did that for Attribute constructors though.

Wout

[Christian Graus]

Yeah, it's beyond me why we still don't have optional parameters in C#. I also like how events are defined with the 'handles' keyword in VB.NET. I'd give both of those up for unsafe blocks and sane syntax tho.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

[Ed Poore]

wout de zeeuw wrote:

Funny they did that for Attribute constructors though.

It's on the way though :cool:

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[David Stone]

Named Parameters for function calls? No. They're not. Not in C# 3.0 anyway.

[Rocky Moore]

Yeah, so far as I can see only on object creation, but hey, they are in the front door, I would not imagine it will be much longer before they arrive! That is one thing I really love about C#, it continues to evolve by the needs of the community. Just glad MS listens!

Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Interesting description of MS Acropolis.. Latest Tech Blog Post: Microsoft Surface!

[PIEBALDconsult]

Rocky Moore wrote:

Just glad MS listens!

And there's no international bureaucracy to mess it up.

[PIEBALDconsult]

Well, you can wrap it in something better, right? Hide the details.

[DJ van Wyk]

Rocky Moore wrote:

Just glad MS listens!

And for me it's just sad that Borland only listens a couple years later.

[NormDroid]

X| Think I be sticking c#.

.net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.

[Anish M]

This is one place I might still like to use VB.NET, calling COM APIs. But can you call it a C# language problems?

[Ed Poore]

My mistake I was thinking about constructors.

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[ednrgc]

In an announcer voice : "Visual Basic scores!!! VB is edging back into this game!!! We'll take a break with the current score C#:976, VB: 1"