.Net - Worth upgrading from 6.0 Enterprise Edition?

[KayJay]

Is it Cost Effective to upgrade to VB.Net from VB 6.0 Enterprise Edition?

note: Our primary products/applications are targetted at the Individual Desktop (Single User) PCs. The internet is used mainly for reporting, validating and tamper-checking. Inet, Webbrowser controls are being used.

[Cander]

.NET works great for desktop apps also. dont let the .NET fool you into thinking it is just for internet/web apps and services.

Besides you can have .NET and VB6 isntalled on the same machine and still provide support for your older systems with VB6. Dont upgrade your project if it already works like you need it in VB6 code.

You will find that moving to .NET for future apps will be cost effective due to ease and more power now for many types of applications.

[Cander]

Also consider just downloading the SDK(free) and start learning coding with just notepad(the compiler comes with the SDK). then if you like .NET, go ahead and purchase the IDE.

[KayJay]

Thanx Cander. Have been thinking of downloading it for a couple of days now. Will do so.

Another one.

Does .Net require distribution of Runtime files as well? Or do the compiled exes function as is on the target system?

[Cander]

That is the downside right now..Yes the framework is required on a persons machine to run your exe. Whilst it maybe 20 megs, it is Microsofts intention to make it a common part of service packs, patches, and future software/windows versions. So it will take a while but the framework will become common place like Java is today.

Besides 20 megs to download isnt much of an issue anymore these days. Even a 56k can download it while they sleep or something.

[KayJay]

thanx for info. appreciate it greatly.

[Cander]

no problem..come to the VB .NET forum if you have any further questions when you start learning .NET