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Zinx
Zinx

Reputation: 2349

Visual Basic in VS2003/2008

I have a VB6.0 application, created by someone in this company before me. Now I have to make some changes in it, is it possible to compile a VB6 project in VS2003 or VS2008?? If yes, then how? Do I need to do something special for that.

If no, Can I install VB6 as seperate app on my machine where I have both VS2003 and VS2008 installed?

Thanks for help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1593

Answers (3)

Lilith River
Lilith River

Reputation: 16468

You can install VB6.0 side-by-side. Yes, conversion to .NET is available, but it will be a nightmare for all but the most trivial projects - the APIs are completely different, and not everything maps. You're probably better off either

a) Sticking with VB6

or

b) Porting to C#, IronPython or even a non-Microsoft language (if you are allowed).

Upvotes: 0

bernhof
bernhof

Reputation: 6310

Check out this similar question: Write VB6 on Visual Studio 2008 without .NET support?

In short, it is not possible to open/compile VB6 projects in Visual Studio 2003 or later.

As far as I know, there's no problem in having VB6 IDE and VS2003 installed on the same machine.

Upvotes: 2

GManNickG
GManNickG

Reputation: 503765

You can install VB6.0 on the same machine.

That said, if you open the project in a newer version it should try to convert it for you. There may be a few snags here or there, but it mostly does a good job.

Upvotes: 1

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