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A client wants me to do some maintenance work to a VB 6.0 application (migration to .NET is also in the pipeline), but he doesn't have the development tools because he received just the source code and running application from the original programmer, who is no longer available.
Microsoft doesn't sell Visual Studio 6.0, as far as I know. How can I modify and compile the source code for a VB6 application without VB6? or Where do I get Visual Studio 6.0 if Microsoft is not selling it?.
Even if I migrate everything to .NET without releasing a new VB6 version, I would like to be able to open the project and see it compile and run to better understand it.
I have VS 2005 and VB 2008. But I understand that if I try to open the project the code will be converted to VB.NET and that's not what I would want before getting to know the project better.
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Just open the VB6 project using File → Open → Convert and it'll automatically upgrade the VB6 code to the current version. ...and the resulting managed DLL built from the project will be incompatible with the rest of the original VB6 application.
To save a form: Select a form from Project window>File>Save project form1 as > Save box (select form name). OR: File>Save project forml. II- project for execution: This is the final stage so that it could be opened and run by Windows and no need for Visual Basic program.
The Visual Basic 6.0 IDE is no longer supported as of April 8, 2008.
Make sure you are clicking on the project file itself... Right click on the file and select "Open With" and select your visual studio program. It may need to be converted and if so, it will prompt you to convert the project.
VB6 Installs just fine on Windows 7 (and Windows 8 / Windows 10) with a few caveats. Here is how to install it: Before proceeding with the installation process below, create a zero-byte file in C:\Windows called MSJAVA. DLL .
From what I recall the Visual Studio 6.0 is available for MSDN Subscribers.
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Hunt Ebay or Craigslist. Or call your regular software vendor, I'm sure they can still get it for this sort of reason.
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