by Mauricio Rojas, on Nov 13, 2019, 3:44:44 PM
In VB6, you need VBControlExtender object for dynamically adding a control to the Controls collection using the Add method. For example for adding a MSFlexGrid dynamically to a form you …
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What are helper classes? When you convert code from VB6 to .NET, some elements from the source application don't have a direct equivalent in the target platform. To bridge this …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Aug 21, 2019, 1:52:56 PM
Dear CIO, I'm writing you today as a friend. Seriously. I'm not trying to sell you anything (ok, our sales department is probably trying to sell you something, but I'm …
Read Storyby Will Vasquez, on Jul 22, 2019, 5:20:00 AM
Whenever you're trying to convert a VB6 or Classic ASP application to .NET with the VB6 AI Migrator it is recommended that you do so in an environment where the …
Read Storyby Will Vasquez, on Jul 17, 2019, 1:34:48 PM
You finally migrated your VB6 application using the VB6 AI Migrator. Now you have a WinForms application, but since you're just getting started with .NET and Visual Studio you might …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 23, 2018, 7:45:00 AM
Eike Michel had a problem. The Director of Research and Development at Aucotec, in Hannover, Germany, was responsible for a 18 year old VB6 program that was a critical piece …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Sep 10, 2018, 8:00:00 AM
Please Note: The VBUC has been renamed to VB6 AI Migrator as of August 2025 Today we feature two announcements: one from an established global leader in development tools and …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 21, 2017, 6:00:00 AM
Please Note: The VBUC has been renamed to VB6 AI Migrator as of August 2025 In our continuing struggle to make the world safe from nasty old legacy code, we …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 8, 2016, 4:17:16 PM
This is a story of three friends who built houses. Sooner or later this will get around to something to do with code. One of the friends (let's call him …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 21, 2015, 6:00:00 AM
Please Note: The VBUC has been renamed to VB6 AI Migrator as of August 2025 When I worked in the Visual C++ (now Visual Studio) group at Microsoft, one of …
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