code convertor in VB.NET Express Edition

13 May 2006 2:03 PM

pcnerd

I've been playing around with VB since version 3. I now have VB6 Learning
Edition. I'm thinking about getting VB.NET Express Edition. I have a lot of
demo programs for version 3 thru version 6. I realize that the convertor
might not be able to convert the source code on the older demos. I would have
to open every demo program in version 6 & save it in the VB6 format & then
open the source code in VB.NEt & convert to VB.NET. I've read conflicting
replies about a code convertor being available in the Express Edition. I
don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to get Visual Studio. Does VB.NET
Express Edition have a code convertor or does it not? Thank you.

13 May 2006 7:33 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"pcnerd" <pcn***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> I've been playing around with VB since version 3. I now have VB6 Learning
> Edition. I'm thinking about getting VB.NET Express Edition. I have a lot
> of
> demo programs for version 3 thru version 6. I realize that the convertor
> might not be able to convert the source code on the older demos. I would
> have
> to open every demo program in version 6 & save it in the VB6 format & then
> open the source code in VB.NEt & convert to VB.NET. I've read conflicting
> replies about a code convertor being available in the Express Edition. I
> don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to get Visual Studio. Does VB.NET
> Express Edition have a code convertor or does it not? Thank you.

I do not know if the Express Edition contains the migration wizard, but I
doubt it does. However, it rarely makes sense to upgrade Classic VB /demo
programs/. Instead, it's better to rewrite them in VB.NET.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

13 May 2006 8:38 PM

Chirag Shukla

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:
....

> However, it rarely makes sense to upgrade Classic VB /demo
> programs/. Instead, it's better to rewrite them in VB.NET.
....

I agree. Better re-create programs in .NET than upgrading from VB 6 (or
lower).

13 May 2006 9:00 PM

tommaso.gastaldi

yes

imvho, one cannot really talk about "upgrade". It's more like moving
into a totally different universe which
only on the surface has resemblance with vb6. It requires first of all
to "reformat" our mind and start
from designing objects. If one doesn't really realize that, the switch
may be meaningless ...

tom

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] ha scritto:

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> "pcnerd" <pcn***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> > I've been playing around with VB since version 3. I now have VB6 Learning
> > Edition. I'm thinking about getting VB.NET Express Edition. I have a lot
> > of
> > demo programs for version 3 thru version 6. I realize that the convertor
> > might not be able to convert the source code on the older demos. I would
> > have
> > to open every demo program in version 6 & save it in the VB6 format & then
> > open the source code in VB.NEt & convert to VB.NET. I've read conflicting
> > replies about a code convertor being available in the Express Edition. I
> > don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to get Visual Studio. Does VB.NET
> > Express Edition have a code convertor or does it not? Thank you.
>
> I do not know if the Express Edition contains the migration wizard, but I
> doubt it does. However, it rarely makes sense to upgrade Classic VB /demo
> programs/. Instead, it's better to rewrite them in VB.NET.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

14 May 2006 1:06 PM

pcnerd

I've come to that conclusion. Yesterday I went to a couple of bookstores &
read about VB.NET & the .NET Framework. I read about the advantages VB.NET
has over "classic" VB & I came to the conclusion that it would be a waste of
time to convert "classic" VB to VB.NET. Some of the older demo programs that
I have probably wouldn't convert at all & I have a LOT of demos. So, I'll
have to "bite the bullet" & abandon "classic" VB & go with VB.NET. My main
concern is being able to install VB.NET programs on PCs that don't have the
..NET Framework installed. But after browsing thru books yesterday, I found
out that ClickOnce can install the .NET Framework on PCs that don't have it.
Thank you.

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"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

> "pcnerd" <pcn***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> > I've been playing around with VB since version 3. I now have VB6 Learning
> > Edition. I'm thinking about getting VB.NET Express Edition. I have a lot
> > of
> > demo programs for version 3 thru version 6. I realize that the convertor
> > might not be able to convert the source code on the older demos. I would
> > have
> > to open every demo program in version 6 & save it in the VB6 format & then
> > open the source code in VB.NEt & convert to VB.NET. I've read conflicting
> > replies about a code convertor being available in the Express Edition. I
> > don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to get Visual Studio. Does VB.NET
> > Express Edition have a code convertor or does it not? Thank you.
>
> I do not know if the Express Edition contains the migration wizard, but I
> doubt it does. However, it rarely makes sense to upgrade Classic VB /demo
> programs/. Instead, it's better to rewrite them in VB.NET.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
>
>