Net conversion from 2003 to 2005 problems...

[Coleen]

Hi All :-)

I'm new to this site. I've been trying to convert several .Net 2003 web applications and getting tons of conversion errors.

I found this site to help walk me through the conversion process: http://webproject.scottgu.com/VisualBasic/Migration2/Migration2.aspx
which is great, however, when I follow the steps in this tutorial exactly, I get 102 conversion errors! Almost all the errors have to do with ambiguous file names, but since there is no App_Code directory (One was not created in the conversion process...) and the Global.asax file is the one I copied over from my 2003 project - and this project runs perfectly in .Net 2003, I just don't understand where the ambiguous files and/or namespace references are coming from.

Has anyone else had this problem and how did you fix it? Or, can someone PLEASE give me some information on exactly where to look for the extra ambiguous files? I'm very confused...there is NO App_Code file I thought this was supposed to be generated when you did the conversion?

Also, I have already downloaded and installed both patches for the WAP,. and in fact have been able to convert another project (not using the same method - I used the conversion wizard) and although I had some warnings, I did not have the ambiguous file errors. I did however end up with a ton of hard links that had to be replaced with a ~ . Any/all information on doing the conversion this way (creating a new project and copying your 2003 files into it and then doing a Convert to Web Application) I would greatly appreciate the help!

Thanks,

[Coleen]

Bumping

Does ANYONE have any info on the link for converting to an WAP?

TIA,

Coleen

[Coleen]

Bumping again...

Doesn't anyone have any info on converting from .Net 2003 to 2005? Why am I getting so many conversion errors whien I create a new project, copy my files over and try to convert to WAP? The link I gave above gives great instructions...too bad they don't work! Doesn't anyone have ANY info on the conversion process? Please? TIA,

Coleen

[steffiella]

what did you do about this problem? coz i just installed vista and have the same problem!!

stef

Hi All :-)

I'm new to this site. I've been trying to convert several .Net 2003 web applications and getting tons of conversion errors.

I found this site to help walk me through the conversion process: http://webproject.scottgu.com/VisualBasic/Migration2/Migration2.aspx
which is great, however, when I follow the steps in this tutorial exactly, I get 102 conversion errors! Almost all the errors have to do with ambiguous file names, but since there is no App_Code directory (One was not created in the conversion process...) and the Global.asax file is the one I copied over from my 2003 project - and this project runs perfectly in .Net 2003, I just don't understand where the ambiguous files and/or namespace references are coming from.

Has anyone else had this problem and how did you fix it? Or, can someone PLEASE give me some information on exactly where to look for the extra ambiguous files? I'm very confused...there is NO App_Code file I thought this was supposed to be generated when you did the conversion?

Also, I have already downloaded and installed both patches for the WAP,. and in fact have been able to convert another project (not using the same method - I used the conversion wizard) and although I had some warnings, I did not have the ambiguous file errors. I did however end up with a ton of hard links that had to be replaced with a ~ . Any/all information on doing the conversion this way (creating a new project and copying your 2003 files into it and then doing a Convert to Web Application) I would greatly appreciate the help!

Thanks,

[Frinavale]

Hi All :-)

I'm new to this site. I've been trying to convert several .Net 2003 web applications and getting tons of conversion errors.

I found this site to help walk me through the conversion process: http://webproject.scottgu.com/VisualBasic/Migration2/Migration2.aspx
which is great, however, when I follow the steps in this tutorial exactly, I get 102 conversion errors! Almost all the errors have to do with ambiguous file names, but since there is no App_Code directory (One was not created in the conversion process...) and the Global.asax file is the one I copied over from my 2003 project - and this project runs perfectly in .Net 2003, I just don't understand where the ambiguous files and/or namespace references are coming from.

Has anyone else had this problem and how did you fix it? Or, can someone PLEASE give me some information on exactly where to look for the extra ambiguous files? I'm very confused...there is NO App_Code file I thought this was supposed to be generated when you did the conversion?

Also, I have already downloaded and installed both patches for the WAP,. and in fact have been able to convert another project (not using the same method - I used the conversion wizard) and although I had some warnings, I did not have the ambiguous file errors. I did however end up with a ton of hard links that had to be replaced with a ~ . Any/all information on doing the conversion this way (creating a new project and copying your 2003 files into it and then doing a Convert to Web Application) I would greatly appreciate the help!

Thanks,

I've only converted one 2003 project into a 2005 project and I also experienced a Lot of errors. I ended up going through them one at a time. I was very patient and looked each one up on the Internet if I got stuck. A lot of my questions were answered by the comments generated by VS during the conversion process.


The process of converting projects is not easy and you should expect it to take some time to sort out. I strongly recommend being patient and learn about the errors.

Why don't you post the specifics about some of the errors you're stuck on so that we can help you better.

-Frinny