what is the best way of migrating VB5 to VB6. which version of Visual Studio helps this and what all precautions/considerations we need to take care before migration. Is there any approach notes available anywhere in internet
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Any reason of still using historical Visual Basic versions ? – Raptor May 21 '13 at 06:32
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I have been migrate from VB6 to VB.NET 2005 .. It's not too difficult – matzone May 21 '13 at 07:10
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2I am specifically looking for VB5 to VB6. The customer is keen on this – user1982427 May 21 '13 at 09:45
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For the most part you can think of VB6 as a superset of VB5, there is nothing really to upgrade, just taking advantage of the new functionality. Just open the project in VS6, and you should be good to go.
I would instead try to sell the customer on a VB.Net upgrade. It is not just opening the project and you are done, but it will allow you to have much more powerful tools/environment.
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Furthermore, the customer is probably more likely to find developers over time who will be able to work on a VB.NET app than VB5 or VB6. – StayOnTarget Oct 05 '17 at 11:46