>VB.NET does support default property, see VB.NET professional Wrox book page 324

Can you quote a passage out of the book? If you look at:

http://www.vbpj.com/upload/free/features/vbpj/2000/12dec00/bh0012/default.asp

It explains:

VB6 and earlier versions allow you to write code like this, where lblTitle is a Label control:

lblTitle = "Top Ten Things"

This works because the label control has a default property, which is Caption. So the preceding line really means this:

lblTitle.Caption = "Top Ten Things"

VB.NET does away with the concept of default properties and methods in most circumstances. So the first form won't work in VB.NET. You must use the second form.