>>>Any idea why it seems that majority of the controls are different in each VB releases, or even SPs? Is this how chaotic VB structure is?
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>>My guess is that each component have different class id to preserve compatibility. I agree with you that it isn't the best way to do.
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>Hi Eric!
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>Compatibility? I just can't see it. You mean compatible to what? We should expect that new releases should be backward compatible right?

We should expect it but it isn't always the case. Sometimes, different parameters needs to be added to a method for example.