Life after Windows 7

[howardkaikow]

Future of VB 6 has some troubling statements.

The Visual Basic team is also committed to the Visual Basic 6.0 development
environment running on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.

The Visual Basic 6.0 IDE will be supported on Windows Vista and Windows
Server 2008 as part of the Visual Basic 6.0 Extended Support policy until
April 8, 2008. Both the Windows and Visual Basic teams tested the Visual
Basic 6.0 IDE on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This announcement does not change the support policy for the IDE.

No mention of Windows 7

64-Bit Windows

Visual Basic 6.0 runtime files are 32-bit. These files ship in 64-bit
Windows Operating Systems referenced in the table below. 32-bit VB6
applications and components are supported in the WOW emulation environment only. 32-bit components must also be hosted in 32-bit application processes.

The Visual Basic 6.0 IDE has never been offered in a native 64-bit version,
nor has the 32-bit IDE been supported on 64-bit Windows. VB6 development on 64-bit Windows is not and will not be supported.

However there are no plans to include VB6 runtime in future versions of
Windows beyond Windows 7.

So, I have at least the following concerns:

1. I have the VB 6 IDE installed on 64-bit Vista. What problems can I
expect?

2. Is it time to start converting programs to C/C++?

3. I am not interested in any language, such as the .NET lanuages, that can be decompiled.

4. Many of the programs use Microsoft Office, so the language has to be good for this.

5. Seems that VB 6 is kaput after Windows 7.