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Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:24 PM

New article on extending VB6.0 applications with the Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0

I just wanted to swiftly share some useful links if you choose to extend a Visual Basic 6.0 application including a new article I commissioned in the UK – which turned out rather good. Firstly links to the toolkit download and some of the best existing
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:36 PM

Secure your Visual Basic 6.0 investment with Microsoft .NET

[This is currently a UK only initiative but you will still find a lot of useful information on the new site and I know our partners are happy to engage worldwide] Over the last couple of months I have been working with Sarah in my group to pull together
Posted by Eric Nelson | 1 Comments
Friday, January 23, 2009 3:52 PM

VB6 Interop and TlbImp vs AddRef

I’d always assumed that creating a Runtime Callable Wrapper by adding a reference to the COM component in Visual Studio would generate the same interop code as was generated by using the command line tool TlbImp. That would seem not to be true in at least
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Friday, January 23, 2009 3:42 PM

Heads up – The VB6 upgrade guide was written before we released the Interop Forms Toolkit

I have been re-reading the ”Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 Applications to Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 2005” guide lately which discusses phased migrations where individual application components are upgraded independently (which I prefer to call “Extending
Posted by Eric Nelson | 0 Comments
Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:04 PM

Feedback appreciated on draft screencast on VB6 and the options to move to .NET

I am working with partners to pull together guidelines, resources and special promotions on tools to help UK companies with VB6 make the right choice around moving (or not) to .NET. This will happen early in 2009. There will be a new landing page with
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:36 PM

Upgrading VB6 applications – a moment to reflect :-)

I’ve now spent a bit of time with the book ”Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 Applications to Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 2005” , so what are my thoughts about it? The good news is it remains a comprehensive and valuable resource for anyone planning to
Posted by Eric Nelson | 1 Comments
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:10 AM

Functional Equivalence vs Application Advancement (and Vertical vs Horizontal)

These are a couple of useful terms I’ve picked up from the ”Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 Applications to Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 2005” guide (I really need an acronym to refer to this book!). They refer to two stages of the upgrade process: Functional
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