by Cheyenne Sokkappa, on Oct 28, 2024 4:10:37 PM
Tired of your VB6 code looking like it’s from the Jurassic era? VBUC 10.3 just released and it’s bringing the 🔥 to modernize that ancient codebase. This is the official …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 17, 2024 12:15:00 AM
Visual Basic: Unraveling the Versions Visual Basic, a programming language born at Microsoft (side note: I was a VB 1.0 product manager. BEST.JOB.EVER.), has transformed A LOT over the years …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jan 10, 2023 5:00:00 AM
Today we're announcing general availability of Visual Basic Upgrade Companion version 9.5 with full .NET 7 support. If you're a little confused still about all the .NET versions and names, …
Read Storyby Mauricio Rojas, on Apr 20, 2020 5:04:03 PM
If you are doing a VB6 migration it is usually better to migrate your application and all your dependencies at once. But there might be scenarios where you need to …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 13, 2020 5:12:36 PM
Not going to bury this lead1: Microsoft's latest update has stopped some VB6 apps from working. Yeah. That day we always knew was going to come some day? Well, turns …
Read Storyby Mauricio Rojas, on Nov 26, 2019 10:02:59 AM
Usually when we modernize legacy VB6, Delphi or PowerBuilder apps some parts of the migrated application depend on using a device which is attached to the client using the app …
Read Storyby Will Vasquez, on Jul 22, 2019 5:20:00 AM
Whenever you're trying to convert a VB6 or Classic ASP application to .NET with the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion it is recommended that you do so in an environment where …
Read Storyby Will Vasquez, on Jul 17, 2019 1:34:48 PM
Understanding the new code structure You finally migrated your VB6 application using the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion. Now you have a WinForms application, but since you're just getting started with …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Dec 9, 2015 6:00:00 AM
Recently a customer wrote us, saying "Hey, if Microsoft says VB6 is still supported and will be for years and years, why should I worry? Why bother to migrate my …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Jul 15, 2014 2:36:00 PM
There's been a strong push by the user community to open-source VB6 in order to ensure a better future for both the language and the developers. In early June, Microsoft …
Read Story
