Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

By Michael James Bond, Ed Robinson, Microsoft Corporation

Book Overview

This book is a complete technical guide to upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6 applications to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, it covers all aspects of upgrading from APIs to ZOrders. This book includes chapters on fixing upgrade issues with forms, language, data access and COM+ Services. It also shows how to add value to an upgraded applications with XML Web services. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073561587X
• ISBN13: 9780735615878
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 547 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The Ultimate Guide to VB Migrations!

This book was developed by the Microsoft PAG (Patterns and Practices) Team and ArtinSoft. It contains the most comprehensive and up to date guidence on how to approach a Visual Basic 6 Migration/Upgrade project. From how to set a busines case all the way to the smallest details. If you are considering moving your VB 6 code to .NET I highly recommend this book!

Upgrading to Visual Basic.Net

Upgrading to .net is a must have for any developer or company that is planning to use .net. I highly recommend this book to any developers or project managers who need to rapidly understand what's involved in upgrading to .net from VB. By purchasing this booking I upgraded a VB 5/6 to VB.Net and I'm about to deliver my first .net project on time and within budget.As with all VB releases I was both excited and daunted by the...

Unexpected diamond

When I first got this book, I did not think I would like it very much. After all, how much can one write on upgrading from Visual Basic to Visual Basic .NET?While I believe most people will rewrite rather than upgrade, having experienced the wizard's decisions, this book has a lot of good advice to both make this an easier task and to make the right decisions in your current code if you have ever thought of upgrading.While...

All it takes to migrate

With so much misinformation and speculation about migrating apps to vb.net, I decided to go straight to the horse's mouth for the word. This book does the job. It demystifies the migration story. It shows how to migrate apps to vb.net, and has complete reference material about potential problems and how to fix them. It contained less hype and more fact than I have come to expect from Microsoft. I particularly liked the sections...