1. Sorry, nothing similar in dotNet. Well, DotNet dos NOT have those four commands, period. What you and I mean with "similar" obviously differs, and that's fine with me. Gerard asked for EXACT replacement for the commands, and there are none in DotNet, at least so far.
Gerard didn't ask for EXACT replacements - he asked if there was 'something like the following', and there certainly are. You responded hastily and incorrectly. Your English is fine - your logic wasn't.
