What does the Attribute keyword do in VB6?

Question

I am converting VB6 code to VB.Net. Since my VB6 installation is damaged after repair, I use Notepad to read the source code and can see at the top of the file: -

Attribute VB_Name = "clsBulge"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = True
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = False
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Attribute VB_Description = "Some text here"
Attribute VB_Ext_KEY = "SavedWithClassBuilder" ,"Yes"
Attribute VB_Ext_KEY = "Member0" ,"collBulges"
Attribute VB_Ext_KEY = "Top_Level" ,"Yes"

and down among the works: -

Public Property Let Amplitude(ByVal vData As Double)
Attribute Amplitude.VB_Description = "Some text here"
    mvaInternal = vData
End Property

The question is, should I worry about this when converting to VB.Net? If so, where can I find out what all these things mean?

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Answer 1

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