The move from VB6 to .NET has a little bit of a learning curve, but the time investment is well worth it. I've cut my development time in better than half once I got proficient with .NETDRS said:I'm still working in VB6, seems I'm alway slow to move to the latest greatest complier, but once I do I'm always glad of it. from GW to QuickBasic was sweet, QuickBasic to VisualBasic was real sweet and I'm sure I'll think VB.Net is better then VB6(Which has been great tool over the years) once I start writing codes in it. I did make the first step, which was to install it.
If you are a book learner, be sure to take a look at "Visual Basic 2005 : The Language" published by Microsoft press. That is probably the best book to help make a good solid move to .NET. Since 2008 only builds upon 2005, everything in the book still applies.
That's a cool demonstration video of the gauge. Did you draw the needle using GDI graphics?