Compile 6.0 Proyects with VS 2003?

[Don Juan]

Hello,
My company recently aquired a product written in VB6.0 which neads
maintnance.
We have licences for VS 2003 and I am in the process if migrating the code
to .net but in the meantime I need to patch and compile the current VB 6.0
proyect.

How can I do this legally? I know I can emule VB 6.0 but the company does
not allow it.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

My company recently aquired a product written in VB6.0 which neads
maintnance.
We have licences for VS 2003 and I am in the process if migrating the code
to .net but in the meantime I need to patch and compile the current VB 6.0
proyect.

How can I do this legally? I know I can emule VB 6.0 but the company does
not allow it.

VS.NET 2002/2003 and VS 2005 do not support editing VB6 projects.

The downgrade option has been removed some time ago, and VB6 will be removed
from MSDN subscriptions in a few months. Thus there won't be a legal way to
get /new/ licenses for VB6 in future. All you can do is buy second-hand
licenses at eBay, for example.

<URL:http://classicvb.org/>

 

[David Browne]

Hello,
My company recently aquired a product written in VB6.0 which neads
maintnance.
We have licences for VS 2003 and I am in the process if migrating the code
to .net but in the meantime I need to patch and compile the current VB 6.0
proyect.

How can I do this legally?

Yes.

From
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/previous/downgrade.aspx

Downgrade Information
If you require a previous version of Visual Studio, you may purchase Visual
Studio .NET, and then downgrade to a prior version.
To acquire the correct license:
Purchase Visual Studio .NET from an authorized reseller.

If you have access to existing licensed software, you may use it or you can
request the software media for a small fee (around $20US/$25CDN, plus
shipping and handling) from the Microsoft Supplemental & Replacement Parts
Center at (800) 360-7561. Outside the United States and Canada, please
contact your local Microsoft subsidiary.
David

David