Upgrade a VB3 Program to VB5 or 6?

[BobW]

I have a simple calcuslator program that I programmed in vb3. I then created an exe file that you run. In order to run it the user has to have vbrun300.dll. This gets rather complicated for the user. What I would like to do is as follows: I want the program to be in a self-extracting file that would install itself (using install shield or whatever) so that the user can easily install it without my having to send them a separate runtime file or detailed instructions. I was thinking I could do this by buying vb5 or vb6. Any suggestions on whether this can be done in vb5 or vb6? And can I use my old vb3 forms in vb5 and 6 without having to do a lot of reprogramming? Thanks

[marco0009]

If you have he program installer that comes with VB5 u could make an installation prgram and the distribute with WinZip or you could make a Self-Extracting exe in Winzip, it installs the Runtime files with the program.

[funkyd77]

With regard to VB3 to VB5 or 6: I have jsut completed "converting" a VB3 app to VB6. It is possible to open up a vb3 app in vb6 (you need to create a new project and add all your forms and modules etc) - and depending on how complicated or simple the app is it should all work ok. That is, the forms and everything else shouldnt need too much work at all.