Technical Account Manager @ GAP/Mobilize Full geek always trying to learn something new, loves traveling and board games. From Costa Rica, living in Orlando, FL
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by Will Vasquez, on Oct 1, 2024 3:28:11 PM
As you may already know, the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion (VBUC) is the premier tool for converting legacy VB6 applications to .NET. One of the many scenarios that VBUC supports …
Read Storyby Will Vasquez, on Feb 19, 2020 3:28:14 PM
Why? A migration project, as most things related to Software, is not a trivial undertaking. It is true that migrating an application has several advantages over a green field development …
Read Storyby Will Vasquez, on Feb 3, 2020 11:25:50 AM
Some Context A client contacted us to understand why is the VBUC a paid tool when there's a free conversion tool (Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard or VBUW) available in old …
Read Storyby Will Vasquez, on Jan 13, 2020 9:46:21 AM
Migration Methodology Besides our migration tools, one of the most important things in our project execution is our methodology; which has been developed and improved over the years that our …
Read Storyby Will Vasquez, on Sep 6, 2019 2:30:53 PM
What are helper classes? When you convert code from VB6 to .NET, some elements from the source application don't have a direct equivalent in the target platform. To bridge this …
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 Will Vasquez, on Aug 21, 2015 7:37:00 PM
Background When you migrate an application from VB6 to .NET using the VBUC there are multiple ways in which the third party libraries are converted to the new platform. Direct …
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