I was thinking of converting my ADP files to use VB projects.
What are the pros/cons of doing such a thing?
One big pro is that I would be able to easily edit and keep track of
my VB files?
What are the downsides?
How long would it take to convert such a beast?
Are there any automated tools which do such a thing?

VB6 is no longer sold by Microsoft at all. You can still find a copy on
sites like eBay; however, I doubt the logic of converting an application to
something that is no longer sold nor really supported anymore by MS.

A better option would be to convert to .NET. If you want to know about the
pros/cons of doing this, I suggest that you start the conversion of one of
your ADP projects. Working on something is always the best way of learning
about something.

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"Deodiaus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I was thinking of converting my ADP files to use VB projects.
> What are the pros/cons of doing such a thing?
> One big pro is that I would be able to easily edit and keep track of
> my VB files?
> What are the downsides?
> How long would it take to convert such a beast?
> Are there any automated tools which do such a thing?

Ok, I don't want to convert to VB.NET because I am not sure that
the .Net framework is going to be installed.
If it were up to me, then I would choose Java, but it is not up to
me. I have this ugly wart on my ass and I want it off.
However that is not my question. I have VB 6 installed on my machine.
The real question is how to convert from ADP to VB anything.
Ideally, in under 2 hours using some cheap tool.

Your original question was « What are the pros/cons of doing such a
thing? »; so I answered you about that.

As to your second question - which is more or less irrelevant in my mind if
the answer to the first question is far from beeing positive: to my
(limited) knowledge, such a tool doesn't exist. However, if you search the
internet or ask to a VB6 newsgroup, it's possible that you might find one or
at least, that you might find something that will be able to perform a
partial conversion.

Personally, I seriously doubt that you will find anything capable of doing
that, wheither or not this tool to be cheap and/or capable of doing this job
in less than 2 hours; so I'm afraid that you will have to use your ten
little fingers to do that.

Finally, as to know if the .NET framework will be installed on a target (or
client) machine; don't forget that you will be faced with the same problem
with Java: any Java program require its particular runtime to be installed
and these are far from beeing small.

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MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC
E-mail: sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ok, I don't want to convert to VB.NET because I am not sure that
> the .Net framework is going to be installed.
> If it were up to me, then I would choose Java, but it is not up to
> me. I have this ugly wart on my ass and I want it off.
> However that is not my question. I have VB 6 installed on my machine.
> The real question is how to convert from ADP to VB anything.
> Ideally, in under 2 hours using some cheap tool.

Any guesses on how long it would take to convert a basic sample ADP
project to a VB project?
Yes, I know it scales as a function of the classes and such, but I was
wondering how long something basic takes. Are there any sample adp
projects which have been ported, so that that I could see what all is
involved and to what extent it is obvious?
On Jul 29, 12:24*am, "Sylvain Lafontaine" <sylvain aei ca (fill the
blanks, no spam please)> wrote:
> Personally, I seriously doubt that you will find anything capable of doing
> that, wheither or not this tool to be cheap and/or capable of doing this job
> in less than 2 hours; so I'm afraid that you will have to use your ten
> little fingers to do that.
>

It's hard to say. It really depends on how the original application was
built and the skill of the developer(s)--both the original developer and the
developer doing the conversion. It's like asking how long would it take to
remodel a house. If you ask a plumber, it might take considerably more time.
A simple application where you are simply implementing forms over data
should be done in a day or so. As Sylvain said, I don't know of any tools
that can magically convert an application. I certainly would not consider
converting to VB6 at this point in time. You're simply trading one set of
issues for another. Virtually all systems will have the Framework
installed--if not it's a painless install. It's part of Windows Update so
it's probably already there.

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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Any guesses on how long it would take to convert a basic sample ADP
> project to a VB project?
> Yes, I know it scales as a function of the classes and such, but I was
> wondering how long something basic takes. Are there any sample adp
> projects which have been ported, so that that I could see what all is
> involved and to what extent it is obvious?
> On Jul 29, 12:24 am, "Sylvain Lafontaine" <sylvain aei ca (fill the
> blanks, no spam please)> wrote:
>> Personally, I seriously doubt that you will find anything capable of
>> doing
>> that, wheither or not this tool to be cheap and/or capable of doing this
>> job
>> in less than 2 hours; so I'm afraid that you will have to use your ten
>> little fingers to do that.
>>

If you want to have a guess, you should ask someone who knows about VB6. In
my opinion, the best place to find such a person would be in a VB6
newsgroup.

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC
E-mail: sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Any guesses on how long it would take to convert a basic sample ADP
project to a VB project?
Yes, I know it scales as a function of the classes and such, but I was
wondering how long something basic takes. Are there any sample adp
projects which have been ported, so that that I could see what all is
involved and to what extent it is obvious?
On Jul 29, 12:24 am, "Sylvain Lafontaine" <sylvain aei ca (fill the
blanks, no spam please)> wrote:
> Personally, I seriously doubt that you will find anything capable of doing
> that, wheither or not this tool to be cheap and/or capable of doing this
> job
> in less than 2 hours; so I'm afraid that you will have to use your ten
> little fingers to do that.
>

Sylvain Lafontaine wrote:
> If you want to have a guess, you should ask someone who knows about VB6. In
> my opinion, the best place to find such a person would be in a VB6
> newsgroup.
>
Ummmm.....
What sort of newsgroup do you think we're in?
I don't think there's any newsgroup dedicated to just VB6, but surely
this newsgroup qualifies for 'classic' visual basic (VB1 to VB6)

Then again, you could have a smile on your dial, seeing who reacts to
what you wrote, an' jus' stirrin' th' pot a bit <grin>

"argusy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sylvain Lafontaine wrote:
>> If you want to have a guess, you should ask someone who knows about VB6.
>> In my opinion, the best place to find such a person would be in a VB6
>> newsgroup.
>>
> Ummmm.....
> What sort of newsgroup do you think we're in?
> I don't think there's any newsgroup dedicated to just VB6, but surely this
> newsgroup qualifies for 'classic' visual basic (VB1 to VB6)
>
> Then again, you could have a smile on your dial, seeing who reacts to what
> you wrote, an' jus' stirrin' th' pot a bit <grin>

Sylvain is in microsoft.public.access.adp.sqlserver, as am I. Check out the
crossposting.

Yeah, I've just noticed myself that this thread has been crossposted to both
m.p.access.adp.sqlserver and m.p.vb.database.

To the OP: the fact that no one from m.p.vb.database has answered you yet
should give you a strong indication of the level of support that you'll get
from now on for VB6. VB6 is now mostly a thing of the past and will keep
dwindle down on a dayly basis.

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC
E-mail: sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)


"bcap" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "argusy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:00a04121$0$15422$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Sylvain Lafontaine wrote:
>>> If you want to have a guess, you should ask someone who knows about VB6.
>>> In my opinion, the best place to find such a person would be in a VB6
>>> newsgroup.
>>>
>> Ummmm.....
>> What sort of newsgroup do you think we're in?
>> I don't think there's any newsgroup dedicated to just VB6, but surely
>> this newsgroup qualifies for 'classic' visual basic (VB1 to VB6)
>>
>> Then again, you could have a smile on your dial, seeing who reacts to
>> what you wrote, an' jus' stirrin' th' pot a bit <grin>
>
> Sylvain is in microsoft.public.access.adp.sqlserver, as am I. Check out
> the crossposting.
>