How difficult is it to transfer between VB versions?

[BrendanDavis]

Say I've developed an application in VB 6.0, how difficult would it be to import that application into VB 2005 Express Edition? I know the language itself is pretty similar, but there are some changes and I'm wondering how that would effect the code in my existing VB 6.0 application? Is it worth my time if I'm wanting to do more database/internet work? Or should I just stick to VB 6.0 and wait until I re-design the app completely to move to VB 2005 Express?

[RhinoBull]

I don't think it's worth doing it - you will have re-write it anyway.
If your app is working and it's all tuned up then what's the point?
Some people say "Yea, but VB6 isn't supported anymore...".
And I'll say "So what?". How many times did you have to call MS?
In the past 10-12 years I did only once when we discovered something strange with VB4 Timers - at that time only 15 timers were "allowed" on the form but that wasn't documented so we learned the hard way...

Anyway, migrating to VB.Net is only justfied if you are planning on expanding your app's functionality by much with something that can be done with alot less effort in .Net (perhaps multithreading, windows service, etc...). Other than that I wouldn't recommend.
If you want to learn how it's done then it's another story.

Good luck.

[BrendanDavis]

Thanks Rhino. No, what I'm doing is possible with VB6. And being that I started learning VB on VB3.0, I'm more apt to VB6 than something like .Net. It looks similar, but different in ways that I don't need.

Only thing is that my app works with a database retrieved from a application that pulls the info from a database(somewhere, I don't know where, really) and I wanted my app to be able to retrieve that info the same way rather than having the user copy the info from the one app over to mine and having my app parse that info from the clipboard. I was also planning in intergrating the internet into it some more. Right now it has a browser control built in, but there are a few problems with it not letting a pop-up window stay open(probably because the pop-up window has a flash button inside it). But those are the only real concerns with it. Other than that, it works fine, and I'm pretty knowledgable in VB6.0 and don't really have a great deal of time to figure out the differences between VB6.0 and VB.net