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Helpful resources for moving from VB6 to VB 2008?

I've developed in VB6 for the manufacturing floor for quite some time.

Anyway, a client wants to use .Net for a simple app to run on a Win CE
PC. Since speed isn't important here I have no problem with finally
learning .Net. However, I need to get this simple app done fast (ie, in
2 weeks) so what resources have you found most helpful as you've gone
from VB6 to VB 2008? I've also never had to deal with CE before. DVDs,
books, MSDN, certain websites?

Thank you for any tips.

--

Sincerely,
Michael Ray
Topshot Systems LLC
Jun 27 '08 #1
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Michael,

Although it is not as it could have been stays MSDN forever my first choose
for information.

This seems to be quiet new in this version

http://www.vbmigration.com/

(It's from Francesco Balena)

Cor

"Michael Ray" <ih*******@indy.netschreef in bericht
news:Oj10k.71$jN1.43@trnddc08...
I've developed in VB6 for the manufacturing floor for quite some time.

Anyway, a client wants to use .Net for a simple app to run on a Win CE
PC. Since speed isn't important here I have no problem with finally
learning .Net. However, I need to get this simple app done fast (ie, in
2 weeks) so what resources have you found most helpful as you've gone
from VB6 to VB 2008? I've also never had to deal with CE before. DVDs,
books, MSDN, certain websites?

Thank you for any tips.

--

Sincerely,
Michael Ray
Topshot Systems LLC
Jun 27 '08 #2
Cor Ligthert[MVP] wrote:
Michael,

Although it is not as it could have been stays MSDN forever my first
choose for information.

This seems to be quite new in this version

http://www.vbmigration.com/

(It's from Francesco Balena)
I'm not interested in porting anything from VB6 to .Net at this time,
but thank you for the link. I understand Balena has written a couple
decent books on .Net.

MSDN appears to be much better now than it used to be. There was a time
where MS stripped it down so much it was useless for the most part, but
my recent visits to the site have shown it's back to it's former glory
at least.

Any other tips for learning the differences quickly? I'm likely just
going to start coding from scratch this week. Thankfully, this is a
small and simple app. I'm mostly trying to make sure I do this most
efficiently from the start. For example, it seems I can save time if I
use the GUI tools for database access, but it's more efficient and
powerful if I write the code directly.

--

Sincerely,
Michael Ray
Topshot Systems LLC
Jun 27 '08 #3
>
Any other tips for learning the differences quickly? I'm likely just going
to start coding from scratch this week. Thankfully, this is a small and
simple app. I'm mostly trying to make sure I do this most efficiently from
the start. For example, it seems I can save time if I use the GUI tools
for database access, but it's more efficient and powerful if I write the
code directly.

--
Depends completeley what you want to do, if it is about 2008 than start with
Linq and DBML (datacontext).

Almost complete UI actions are created while doing only drop and drag.

(You have to start with after that you have choosen for a windows form class
with:

Right click on your Project -Add _new Item -LinqToSQL (template) then
the rest goes very easy.

If it is with more pure AdoNet then it is:\
Click after that you have loaded your form, on Data and then choose
Database, the same handling is then almost done as above with LinqToSQL.

Cor

Jun 27 '08 #4
I don't know if it's been updated, but this book:
http://www.desaware.com/products/boo...net/index.aspx
was worth its weight in gold to me when I switched from VB6 to VB.NET 2002.
--
David Streeter
Synchrotech Software
Sydney Australia
"Michael Ray" wrote:
I've developed in VB6 for the manufacturing floor for quite some time.

Anyway, a client wants to use .Net for a simple app to run on a Win CE
PC. Since speed isn't important here I have no problem with finally
learning .Net. However, I need to get this simple app done fast (ie, in
2 weeks) so what resources have you found most helpful as you've gone
from VB6 to VB 2008? I've also never had to deal with CE before. DVDs,
books, MSDN, certain websites?

Thank you for any tips.

--

Sincerely,
Michael Ray
Topshot Systems LLC
Jun 27 '08 #5

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