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• Opening Projects Migrated with the VB Upgrade Companion on Visual Studio 2008

  Now that Visual Studio 2008 is available, you might wonder what will happen with the Visual Studio 2005 projects generated with the current version of the VB Upgrade Companion (VBUC). For starters, it is worth mentioning that Visual Studio 2008 fully supports projects created in the .NET Framework 2.0, like the ones generated with the VBUC. The newer version of the .NET Framework (3.0, shipped with Vista, and 3.5, shipped with VS2008) keep the same core version of the CLR (2.0) as before, with very few minor changes. There are no compatibility or breaking changes like when upgrading from versions 1.1 to 2.0 of the .NET Framework. When you open a VS2005 project in VS2008, you are greeted with the new Visual Studio Conversion Wizard ... Posted Jan 31 2008, 01:29 AM by Jaguilar with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard, Tools, Visual Studio 2008, VBUC

• And don't forget the Assessment Tool!!!

  Yesterday I blogged about the Code Advisor , that will pinpoint common programming practices that difficult the migration of a VB6 application. Well, another very important tool that you can add to your arsenal is the Visual Basic 6.0 Upgrade Assessment... Posted Nov 23 2006, 11:34 PM by Jaguilar with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard, Tools

• Remeber the Code Advisor!

  If you are considering to upgrade your Visual Basic 6.0 application to Visual Basic .NET or C#, remember that the recommended first step is to run Microsoft’s Code Advisor for Visual Basic 6.0.... Posted Nov 23 2006, 11:02 PM by Jaguilar with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard, Tools