Hello All,
I have alot of code that was written in VB6. It there a way to migrate this code into VB Express All I really want to do is bring some of my base forms over into Express and redesign them there, not reuse the the code as it is. It would be somewhat easier if I can convert these forms to Express then do the redesign of these forms from within Express instead of jumping between VB6 and Express. I also have Visual Studio.Net 2003 at my disposial. Can this be used as an interum step to convert these forms to Express Any help you can offer would be appreciated.
Thanks In Advance
V. Shane Curtis
Migrating Forms And Code To Express 2005
HalW MSFT
Hi Shane,
It's nice to see you. I can really understand your concern and trepidation.
I was in the same place you are. To answer one of the questions, paradoxically no it does not make much sense to go to 2003 first. From what I've heard 2003-->2005 migration is ...."unremarkable". VB6 migration is not without problems but it's pretty good.
I wanted to support your thinking. Run your forms through the conversion wizard make a DOT Net Project with them and say goodbye to the old stuff.
I've done that and it sounds difficult but in my experience it just sounds that way. I think your thinking is really sound.
tschuler77
Hello,
Thank you for your help and words of support and encouragement. Much appreciated. The problem I see is that I don't see the Conversion Wizard in Express. Unless I am missing something totally. I know there is a code conversion wizard, but I don't see anything that allows me to convert forms. Where is the tool I do not have a full copy of VB.Net 2005 just Express. I am not really worried about the code that exists within those forms, as I already know that it is going to have to be rewritten. I just want to get the forms over into Express so that I can redesign them as straight up Win Forms but still be able to use copy and paste as much as possible instead of totally redesigning them from scratch.
Thanks for your help.
Shane