I know for a fact that the migration tool has been installed and I can see evidence of having run it (two years ago) because there is a _UpgradeReport.htm file present. I have reinstalled .Net with all options selected, but still get the 'Migration tool not installed' message when I open a .VB...more >>

I am coding in vb.6 and now planning to upgrade to vb.net. But some of my clients are still using windows 98. I am looking for some documentation or links to sites on Performance and compatibility issues of Visual studio .net on windows 98...more >>

Hi, I am using Windows 2003 Server. The VPN works fine, but I want to FTP through the VPN so the connection is encrypted. The problem is each of my IIS sites has a real Internet address specified, w.x.y.z. So when the VPN comes up using a private IP, I can't connect to any of the FTP sites u...more >>

Hello, I am developing a Newsreader in vb.net and i am getting a problem in posting article to newserver for a particular set of newsgroups. i developin g this newsreader using nntp commands.I need vb.net code for posting a article . I getting a problem in defining a article format. Kindly ...more >>

Hi NG! I am using within an ACCESS-Project an Access 2000 frontend to access data from a MS SQL SERVER 2000. I am wondering if it possible to create a _real_ .NET-Application from this ACCESS 2000 frontend!? Best regards, Peter...more >>

Hello. I only do programming as a hobby (have done VB 6.0, some VB.NET, HTML, some Java, and most recently C#) and I have a big original VB 6.0 program (dealing with organizing one's CD/album collection) which I spent 3 1/2 years working on (yes, you've read that right - 3 1/2 years! And ther...more >>

I am attempting to upgrade a legacy VB6 DCOM application to VB.NET. I do not have VB6 installed on my machine but have run the reg file to set the design time licence keys. I have successfully run the upgrade wizard on the server project but when I try to run the wizard on the client project ...more >>

Hello, I am developing a Newsreader in vb.net and i am getting a problem in posting article to newserver for a particular set of newsgroups. i developin g this newsreader using nntp commands.I need vb.net code for posting a article . I getting a problem in defining a article format...more >>

From VB.NET, I try to open a project developed in VB 5.0. The Visual Basic Upgrade Wixard fails on page 5 of 5 with the following message. "It is recommended you install VB6.0, with all reference components, and ensure the application compiles and runs before upgrading." If I had VB 6.0 I wou...more >>

In VB6, it was very easy to obtain the Version Number (Major, Minor, and Build) of the Application at run time, by using App.Major, App.Minor, and App.Revision. But VB.Net does not support this. How can I get these values in VB.Net? - Warren ...more >>

Hello I have almost completed Francesco Balena’s “Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .Net”, the first one not the 2003 edition, and am wondering what the next book should be. I am a MCSD VB6 with 5 years analytical, design, development and support experience and am just now upgrading...more >>

Hi everyone. As the moment to develop my very first .NET application closes in, I notice I am quite not ready to develop my first database access class on my own... Is there any sample component or application from which I could get inspiration, guidance and even some lines of code to develop...more >>

I am having problems converting a VB6 application to VB .NET, particularly the following code causes problems: Visual Basic Code (VB6 SP4): Private Sub mnuCOPpppECDC_Csub_Click(Index As Integer) Select Case Index Case 0 'New element Call Screen.ActiveForm.mnuECDC_NewElt_Click ...more >>

Hi, All I have a predeveloped communications testing software using VB 6.0 components Winsock and MSComm. Now, I am trying to upgrade it to VB.NET using Upgrade Wizard. Everything is fine to me except these two components which show me the error message "The referenced components Winsock MS...more >>

I have written help files for VB6 programs with contect sensitive help and they work just fine and dandy. does it all work the same way in vb.net? ...more >>

Want to upgrade a VB6 program to VB.NET 2002. The wizard didn't come with my version. ("VB.NET standard") Does MS distribute the wizard as a separate download? Where to get it? -- http://www.soundclick.com/chrisdevol ...more >>

In VB 6.0 I could do this Line Input #lFreeFile, sKey, sValue and the line of text would be parsed int o sKey and sValue based on the position of a "," in the line regardless of the length of sKey takes Is there a way to do this in .Net wihtout writting my own code ? thanks mike w....more >>

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C4C31F.0837E5A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I have a small application with one form and a user control on it. The = user control is loaded d...more >>

In VB6 I could used the CancelError property to trap for the cancel button being pressed. In vb.net I can't see this proprty any more. I just use the Try FileOpen(iFileNum, OpenFileDialog1.FileName, OpenMode.Input) Catch ex As Exception MsgBox(ex.ToString) Exit Sub End Tr...more >>

I just started a new job where I will be either porting a legacy .25 MLOC VB.6 app to VB.Net, or redesigning from scratch and reimplementing. Frankly, the latter option is probably the one that needs to be done, as the existing app has evolved over the past 8 years from VB3 and makes extensi...more >>

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01C4C13B.B2BAE300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, This is a resource file generation tool which converts an xml based = resource formats to .net res...more >>

Apologies if this announcement is off topic. I have created a web site for .NET developers that I hope may be of use. It' s called TheDotNetDirectory.com and can be found at http://www.TheDotNetDirectory.com. It's a site that contains links to useful ..NET related web sites. If you have any sugg...more >>