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If you're one of the many who have VB6 code, you have three basic options: stay with VB6, convert to .NET, or rewrite from scratch. In this article, we will look at converting VB6 code to VB.NET and C#. I'll discuss when it makes sense to convert versus staying with VB6 or rewriting from scratch. I will cover what converts well and what does not, different ways to do the conversion, how to get code ready to convert, and handling issues after the conversion. Executive Overview First, let's get an executive-level overview of where VB6 and VB.NET are at in their life cycles. Note that when I mention VB.NET in this article, I mean all three versions (2002, 2003, 2005). When I talk about a specific version, I will specify the version (such as VB.NET 2002). With the advances in VB.NET 2003, as well as its compatibility with VB.NET 2002, there is little reason to migrate ... (more)

Virtualization - Big Boo-Boo on the Mono Web Site!

Big Boo-Boo on the Mono Web Site The Mono Web site has, in some cases, been downloading a very old version of Mono. It serves as a fine example of what can go wrong with software, even with the best of intentions, and without anyone really making a mistake. What happened was back in May 2005, the Mono team added accessibility features to its Web site, including the little yellow pop-up balloons for screen readers. One of the fly-bys was associated with the link for downloading the latest version. Both the balloon and the link were set to download the latest version of Mono. The p... (more)

New Version of IDEs from SharpDevelop and MonoDevelop

Time sneaks up on us. Last month’s issue started year six of “Monkey Business” in .NET Developer’s Journal. Many thanks to all the readers who made this milestone possible. You can revisit all of the past “Monkey Business” columns. Last November marked the beginning of my seventh year with the Mono project. SharpDevelop 3.0 Hits Beta 1 SharpDevelop has released the first beta of version 3.0. It now supports the same multiple frameworks as VisualStudio 2008 (2.0, 3.0, and 3.5), so work on improving version 2.2. has stopped. My favorite new feature... (more)

Mono Releases Version 1.1.10 and New Roadmap

Mono Version 1.1.10 Version 1.1.10 is another release packed with new code. The release notes can be found at www.go-mono.com/archive/1.1.10/, and can be downloaded from www.mono-project.com/Downloads. Mod_mono, the ASP.NET module for the Apache Web Server, now has an autoconfiguration tool that eliminates the old requirement that administrators manually import all of the directories containing ASP.NET code. This tool allows an ASP.NET application to work with no configuration changes to Apache; similar to how PHP works under Apache, all files with ASP.NET extensions are automati... (more)

New Version of SharpDevelop Released

SharpDevelop 2.2 SharpDevelop has released version 2.2. Version 2.2 is mostly a bug fix release, but also adds support for newer versions of Boo (0.7.8), NUnit(2.4.1) and Wix (2.0.5325), Cecil (0.5), additional templates have been added, and SharpDevelop Reports 2.2 are included while support for the old SharpDB Tools has been dropped. SharpDevelop has a Web page (http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/articles/VisualStudioExpressComparison.aspx) that compares SharpDevelop with the express editions of VisualStudio. The nice thing about this is that it was done by an en... (more)