Looking for info on how to port VC++ 6 code/projects to VC++ 9(2008).

[goo.one1]

Hi All,

I'm looking for info on how to port VC++ 6 code/projects to VC++ 9
(2008).

I noticed that there is a converter built-in for Visual *BASIC* to
convert from VS6 to 9...

I have found the following brief note:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=29&SiteID=1
side panel: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2803227&SiteID=1
" know how to convert projects from older VS versions to newer -- you
get prompted
when you try to open an older version's project -- "...

Another brief note I found:

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6330927813/m/831001441931
audioSE
Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Registered: January 07, 2007
Posts: 341 Posted April 03, 2008 21:12
" Your best bet is to just make a copy of the VS 6.0 codebase, and try
compiling
it in 2008. See what breaks, and then you can make a rough estimate of
how long
it would take to port it "

How about devenv? What versions can it take as input? Searching fairly
hard,
I couldn't find anything definitive on the MS forums or elsewhere that
specified
that. How would you specify what version is the input? Which command
line switch,
if any, can I read about, that specifies that?

One would think that there would be more information (as well as
tools) out there
about how to port from such a popular old version of VC++.
Can anyone point me at such? Sometimes I don't always manage to type
the
magic keywords into the search engines...


Best regards...

 

[David Lowndes]

I'm looking for info on how to port VC++ 6 code/projects to VC++ 9

(2008).

You should be able to load your existing workspace into VS2008 and
start building.

There will undoubtedly be many more compiler warnings, and even errors
that you'll have to look into - but they're generally a good thing
because the compiler is more standard conforming.

You may have significant issues if you rely on 3'rd party libraries
that depend on the version of VC++ (and may not have versions for
later compilers).

You really just have to suck it and see - generally it's not a massive
issue.

Dave

 

[goo.one1]

Thanks, Dave! I'll get into it...
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