VB6 to Vb.net

[Pankaj]

Hi All.

I have to build an application in VB6 ...which after some time needs to be
migrated to VB.net
I was wondering what guidelines should I follow so that migration to VB.net
is not too painful ?

Please provide any good URLs etc. if you have on this topic.

-Thanks
Pankaj

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I have to build an application in VB6 ...which after some time needs to be
migrated to VB.net
I was wondering what guidelines should I follow so that migration to VB.net
is not too painful ?

Maybe this tool will help you:

Micrososoft Visual Basic Code Advisor
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvb600/html/vb6_FixItRuleTool.asp>

 

[Cor]

Would?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Would?

Sorry, I don't understand...

 

[Cor]

Is there something wrong with that tool

Cor

Sorry, I don't understand...

 

[Don]

I'm in the same boat as you. I had to write an app in VB6 that we planned
to rewrite again in VB.NET (which I'm currently in the process of doing).
For one thing, you can forget any kind of automatic conversion of code from
VB6 to VB.NET because that never really works properly and creates crap
code. My only advice is to follow good programming practices. If your
program's logic is sound and you nicely modularize everything, you should
have little difficulty.

Oh, and try not to use VB6 techniques that are not supported in VB.NET, like
relying on DoEvents or using arrays of controls. You might want to search
the web for a list of things that were in VB6 but which VB.NET no longer
supports.

- Don

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Is there something wrong with that tool

No, but I am not sure if it is what the OP is looking for.

 

[Jose Caliente]

Hey, that's the best situation ..that means you will have a job for a long
time

jc