Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET

From	Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.lang.vb, alt.comp.lang.visualbasic, comp.lang.basic.misc, comp.lang.basic.visual.misc, microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb, microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade
Subject	Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET
Date	2012-01-05 22:32 +0100
Organization	HM - Soft Hof
Message-ID	<je54t8$kbc$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<je49ej$37u$2@dont-email.me>

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Ubiquitous stellte die Frage:
> I have some old Visual Basic programs I'd like to upgrade to .NET because 
> they currently require obsolete drivers like "VBRUN300.DLL" to run. I 
> attempted to use the upgrade wizard but it appears it requires a project 
> file and I only have .FRM, .FRX, and Make files, like this one:
>
>> VERSION 2.00
>> Begin Form Form1

[...]

>> End
>> 
>> Sub Command1_Click ()
>> 
>>  list1.Clear
>>  nsucc = 0
>>  For i = 1 To Val(text1.Text)
>>    v = 0
>> reloop:
>>    v = v + Int(Rnd(6) * 6 + 1)
>>    If v Mod 6 = 0 Then GoTo reloop
>>    If v >= Val(text2.Text) Then nsucc = nsucc + 1
>>    list1.AddItem Format$(v, "00")
>>    Next
>>  text3.Text = Format$(nsucc)
>> 
>> End Sub
>
> I have a feeling these pre-date VB 6 but wondered if there is a way to 
> systematically perform the upgrade without a project file instead of 
> making them from scratch.

This is a 16-bit VB3 project. It's project file is the .MAK file.
You are lucky, because the .FRM and .BAS files were saved as text
(default was Binary).
But you still must first upgrade the projects to 32-bit (VB5 or VB6),
then you can try the upgrade wizard to .net.

Any as binaries saved VB3 projects can't be opened by VB5/6, you must
open those project again in VB3 and select the option "save as text"
before saving.

Having said all this, I think it's better to begin all these old programs
from scratch in VB.NET.
If it's a small program, it's still probably faster.
If it's a large project, the upgrade wizzard will produce code that
needs much work to get it running and the code will still be a mess.

Helmut.

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Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> - 2012-01-04 18:23 -0500
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-05 09:25 -0500
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Thorsten Albers" <gudea@gmx.de> - 2012-01-05 16:33 +0000
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2012-01-05 22:32 +0100
    Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2012-01-06 02:50 +0000
  Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2012-01-09 20:29 -0700
    Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-10 09:22 -0500
      Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-10 10:14 -0700
        Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-10 17:04 -0500
        Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-01-11 21:02 +0100
          Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Henning" <computer_hero@coldmail.com> - 2012-01-12 15:33 +0100
          Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-12 09:34 -0700
            Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-01-13 20:17 +0100
              Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-13 13:22 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-13 16:07 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-13 14:14 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-13 20:58 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2012-01-19 19:10 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-01-14 00:12 +0100
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET "Henning" <computer_hero@coldmail.com> - 2012-01-14 00:24 +0100
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-01-14 00:58 +0100

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