Converting a project from 2003 to 2005 differences

7 Feb 2006 2:47 PM

NickP

Hi there,

    I have converted quite a large project from VS.NET 2003 to 2005 (VB.NET)
and one difference I have noticed is that it doesnt automatically put the
automatically generated designer code into a seperate part file.

    Is there a quick way that I can scan the project and make these changes?
Will VS.NET automatically then use the correct part file to store the
designer code? I could really do with seperating some code out and getting
that chunk out of the way would really help!

    Cheers in advance.

Nick.

7 Feb 2006 3:18 PM

Marina Levit [MVP]

I think the conversion just leaves the designer code where it is. And it
continues to work with that. As far as I know, you would have to manually
make the changes to create the designer file, partial class, etc. Maybe
someone out there wrote a utility to do this, but I'm guessing you would
have to do this by hand if you want it to look just like VS 2005 created the
file.

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"NickP" <a@a.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
>    I have converted quite a large project from VS.NET 2003 to 2005
> (VB.NET) and one difference I have noticed is that it doesnt automatically
> put the automatically generated designer code into a seperate part file.
>
>    Is there a quick way that I can scan the project and make these
> changes? Will VS.NET automatically then use the correct part file to store
> the designer code? I could really do with seperating some code out and
> getting that chunk out of the way would really help!
>
>    Cheers in advance.
>
> Nick.
>

7 Feb 2006 8:59 PM

NickP

Hi Marina,

>I think the conversion just leaves the designer code where it is. And it
>continues to work with that. As far as I know, you would have to manually
>make the changes to create the designer file, partial class, etc. Maybe
>someone out there wrote a utility to do this, but I'm guessing you would
>have to do this by hand if you want it to look just like VS 2005 created
>the file.

Okie dokie, that answers my questions perfectly. It's a shame it
doesn't shift it into a partial class for you. I just feel it will help
remove the bulk from a few forms by quite a considerable ammount of code,
which would be very handy indeed. Anyway, I'll have to have a look at
making a little app to do it.

Cheers for your help.

Nick.

7 Feb 2006 4:11 PM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Nick,

I did this for some, however don't do it nomore. The VB2003 code works very
good as it is converted.

Because it looks not the same as VB2005, I can when I know more about 2005
refactor them easily and don't have to remember which where original 2003.

Just my thought,

Cor

7 Feb 2006 9:04 PM

NickP

Hi Cor,

> I did this for some, however don't do it nomore. The VB2003 code works
> very good as it is converted.

Did you get any strange exceptions from doing so? I have found that the
designer code can be very stressy if you make a slight error in it and it
can even start destroying itself. I thought I best not try this incase
there was a reason not to.

> Because it looks not the same as VB2005, I can when I know more about 2005
> refactor them easily and don't have to remember which where original 2003.

That makes sense I suppose, at least you know which modules were
designed in 2003/2005. I've got allot to work through if I do seperate the
designer code in the entire solution, so maybe a tool would be the best
idea.

Cheers for your help and advice Cor.

Nick.