where can i get Visual Basic 5 or 6?

[paulg002]

I have an old program here i need to run once ASAP and then reprogram. I have visual studio 2005, which can't handle it. Its got a weird problem so stepping through is necessary. Now that you've stopped laughing, where can i get Visual Basic 5 or how to translate this code to vb.net? thanks!

[Jacob Roman]

You don't need it. I have the last copy in its existence , and still use it.

...no seriously, you don't need it. If you have the VB5 source code, simply open it up with wordpad or notepad.

[y2khines]

Depending on what controls are used in your application, VS2005 does an OK job at converting simple VB6 applications.. personally, I've never used VB5 so not sure about that.

There's plenty of sites where you can get VB6. You might try Ebay.

[ganeshmoorthy]

this has got enough links/stuff for vb6 to vb 2005 upgrading

[Jacob Roman]

Depending on what controls are used in your application, VS2005 does an OK job at converting simple VB6 applications.. personally, I've never used VB5 so not sure about that.

There's plenty of sites where you can get VB6. You might try Ebay.

Yeah right. Only gets about 10-50% of your code right after conversion.

They should never let C++ coders make conversion software that they aren't too familiar with.

[y2khines]

Yeah right. Only gets about 10-50% of your code right after conversion.

They should never let C++ coders make conversion software that they aren't too familiar with.

I've only converted two applications from VB6 to .Net, the first got about 90% of it correct and the second was in the 50-75% range. Notice the word "simple" in the original reply.