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

From	"Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address>
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	2012-01-06 02:50 +0000
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Helmut_Meukel wrote:

> 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.

Very much agreed. Restarting from scratch is likely to give you an overall 
better program than importing, IMO.

-- 
The more you say, the less I understand.

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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 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-05 14:57 -0500
  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 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-12 23:58 -0500
          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 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-13 14:31 -0500
              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
              Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-13 19:35 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-13 22:46 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-13 23:50 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-14 14:31 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-14 22:47 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-15 01:26 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-15 07:54 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-15 14:09 -0500
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-15 16:47 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2012-01-15 16:49 -0700
                Re: Upgrading older VB programs (sans Project Files) to VB.NET GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-01-15 21:16 -0500

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