I want to migrate project developed in visual basic 6.0 to visual studio 2015

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hello there,

I have one project developed in visual basic 6.0 now i want to migrate it to visual studio 2015, which is the best way to do this, could you please guid me in this?

What I have tried:

I tried to open it in visual studio 2005 to migrate it but it is not able to open it.

Posted 11-Jan-18 0:57am

Kishor-KW

Updated 11-Jan-18 1:36am

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F-ES Sitecore 11-Jan-18 7:13am

If it doesn't convert it for you (older versions did, not sure about more recent versions) then you just need to re-write it from scratch. Even when it does convert it's a very bad conversion and leaves you with bad code.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2018-01-11T01:23:00

Basically, don't.
VB6 is well and truly out of date - it died over 15 years ago - and was replaced by version 1.0 of the .NET framework. It shouldn't be used for new projects, and migrating it to a more recent version of VS won't change the code to work with the newer framework. Find a copy of VB6 instead, and use that - then use that app as a guide to write a new application around the .NET framework, using the later facilities.

That way, you get a modern, maintainable app that is fill for the future.

CPallini · Answer 2 · 2018-01-11T01:36:00

Solution 2

Either

Leave it as it stands (requires no effort!).
Rewrite it from scratch in VB.NET or, better, in C#.

.NET languages and VB6 are worlds apart.

By the way, just Googling you may find tons of info on this very topic.

Posted 11-Jan-18 1:36am

CPallini

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Maciej Los 11-Jan-18 7:42am

5ed!

CPallini 11-Jan-18 7:47am

Thank you!