Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 Applications with Visual Basic .NET 2003 - Getting started
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Launch Visual Studio .NET 2003 (Start | All Programs | Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 | Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003) and open the Visual Basic 6.0 project (File | Open | Project). Visual Basic .NET will automatically launch the upgrade wizard as shown below.
Figure 1
Click Next to continue, and specify the project type and the location where you would like to save the upgraded project (see Figure 2 and 3).
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Click the Next button to begin the upgrade process. Figure 4 shows a screenshot of the process.
Figure 4
The wizard automatically exits after the upgrade process has been finished. The next step is to locate the folder where you saved the upgraded project and open the Visual Basic .NET project file for further investigation.
An important point to note is that you should successfully compile and execute the Visual Basic 6.0 project before beginning the upgrade process. This will ensure a smooth and trouble free upgrade. |
The Visual Basic .NET upgrade wizard creates an HTML file which contains a detailed report about the upgraded application. This file can be found inside the folder in which you placed the upgraded application, and will point out the parts which are not upgraded. I will explain more about this report in the next section of this article.
If you inspect the folder in which you placed the upgraded application, you should be able to find a file with the name _UpgradeReport.htm. A screenshot of this file is given below for your reference.
Figure 5
It will list the project file names as well as their status. The file will also point out any errors or warnings (if any). The file includes a section called Upgrade Settings. This section will list among other things the name of the log file, path of the application, and so on.
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