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I own a copy of vb2005 professional.
I need to migrate a vb6 project to vb.net
Is there any difference in terms of effort to migrating to these
editions of vb.net
thanks
I think it’s slightly easier to target the later versions. I believe the PowerPack 3.0 was added for Visual Studio 2005: it included extra support for emulating the VB6
Printerobject and shape controls.Anyone who’s read my other answers about VB6 migration should stop reading now because I’ve said this before… but I think it’s relevant, so I’ll say it again anyway.
Check out the Microsoft UK advice with a screencast explaining the 5 basic options for .Net migration. Decide which is best. People may advise you to just rewrite from scratch in .Net. Be cautious about this – you say your codebase is big, which is a danger sign for rewriting. Microsoft UK say