The myths about Visual Basic migration make it easy to play the “blame” game instead of trying to understand the issue. Often, in making the wrong assumptions, we “write off” some alternatives without even considering them. However, with training, support from automatic migration products and the use of a comprehensive migration methodology, the migration is not only possible using a fraction of the resources required for a rewrite, but it is also the right choice to reduce the Total Cost of Operation and prepare applications to maximize their future business value. We'll explore everything related to VB6 migration in this blog.

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• Aberdeen Group recognizes ArtinSoft as a key player in the VB 6 migration industry

  Technorati Tags: Visual Basic 6 Migration VB6 to .NET VB 6 to C# Aberdeen Group recently published a report titled “ Migrating from VB6 to .NET: The challenge of Software Agility in a Volatile Economy ”. The report contains a good summary of the status... Posted May 08 2009, 02:56 PM by Fzoufaly with | with no comments Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, ArtinSoft, Automatic Migration, Legacy Code Rewrite, VB6 to C#

• Visual Basic migratioon now faster than ever!

  Today ArtinSoft launched the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion 3.0 both for our Enterprise and Developer Editions. This latest release of the best (I am biased!) Visual Basic migration tool in the world is focused on reducing the total effort of a migration... Posted May 06 2009, 12:44 PM by Fzoufaly with | with no comments Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, Automatic Migration, VB6 to C#

• Learn about low-cost and low-risk migration options with Avanade and ArtinSoft

  Technorati Tags: Visual Basic Migration , Application Renewal , VB6 On Wednesday April 15th 2009 Avanade and ArtinSoft will host a webinar on how to quickly and cost effectively renew your Visual Basic 6 applications. Here’s an excerpt from the invitation... Posted Mar 18 2009, 07:48 AM by Fzoufaly with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, ArtinSoft, Automatic Migration, VB6 to C#

• Large Companies, Successful VB6 Migrations

  Here is a summary of some recent case studies that we have produced with our customers.  The message is common: Visual Basic 6 to C# migrations are an excellent alternative that saves time and money when you need to move your application to .NET... Posted Mar 11 2009, 02:51 PM by Fzoufaly with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, ArtinSoft, Automatic Migration, VB6 to C#

• I've decided to move away from VB6. Now What?

  At some point in time companies decide they want to leave a certain platform. Let’s not focus on the reasons why they decide to move but on HOW to move instead. Companies reach the decision to move on their own timetable. Once you have decided that you... Posted Mar 05 2009, 02:09 PM by Fzoufaly with | with no comments Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, ArtinSoft, Automatic Migration, Legacy Code Rewrite

• How to move billions of lines of code from VB6

  Danish magazine Version2 published an interesting article last week on VB6 migrations: http://www.version2.dk/artikel/9908-saadan-flyttes-milliarder-af-kodelinjer-fra-vb6#forum_post_anchor . Microsoft is finally waving goodbye to Visual Basic Version... Posted Feb 16 2009, 08:56 AM by Fzoufaly with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, ArtinSoft, Automatic Migration, Legacy Code Rewrite

• More than 800k lines of ISVs code successfully migrated using the ArtinSoft Visual Basic Companion

  ArtinSoft recently published a number of case studies of Visual Basic migrations for ISVs. The projects were successful both from the technical as well as the economical perspective. If you are an ISV and you are considering an evolution of your application... Posted Jan 16 2009, 02:20 PM by Fzoufaly with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, Visual Basic 6 end of support, ArtinSoft, Automatic Migration, Legacy Code Rewrite, Legacy Code maintenance

• VB6 Runtime WILL be supported on Windows 7 but no plans to support it on future version of windows.

  I spoke to Paul Yuknewicz who is a Program Manager on the Microsoft Visual Basic team and who is quite involved with everything related to VB6 and its migration process. Paul said and I quote: "VB6 runtime will be shipping and supported as a part... Posted Jan 13 2009, 05:53 PM by Fzoufaly with | with 22 comment(s) Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, Visual Basic 6 end of support

• VB Runtime supported in next Windows

  Here is an excerpt from an article that Greg DeMichillie wrote on Directions on Microsoft April Edition: "The planned follow-on release to Windows Vista, code-named Windows 7, will not include the Visual Basic 6.0 (VB 6) runtime libraries, Microsoft... Posted Apr 30 2008, 11:44 AM by Fzoufaly with | with 46 comment(s) Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET, Visual Basic 6 end of support, VB6 to C#

• April 8th 2008 and the end of Visual Basic 6 Support

  The date has arrived Visual Basic 6 leaves Extended support today. Rob Helm recently wrote on "Directions on Microsoft": "Some organizations will let support lapse on the VB6 development environment, gambling that any serious problems in... Posted Apr 08 2008, 01:04 PM by Fzoufaly with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: VB6 Upgrade, VB6 migration, VB6 to .NET