by DeeDee Walsh, on Sep 3, 2025 5:46:46 PM
Well, this is a blast from the past. I just saw the news from Microsoft's Scott Hanselman and Stacey Haffner: they've officially open-sourced the original 1978 source code for Microsoft …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Jun 22, 2025 12:00:00 PM
What's Still Alive, What's on Life Support, and What's Six Feet Under Old, outdated code - the gift that keeps on giving... headaches. If you're managing applications built with Visual …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Apr 6, 2025 11:37:32 AM
Back in the dark ages of 1991, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and dial-up was king, I was living the dream as a product manager for Visual Basic. Seriously, GREATEST …
Read Storyby Cheyenne Sokkappa, on Jan 13, 2025 9:03:21 AM
Please Note: The VBUC has been renamed to VB6 AI Migrator as of August 2025 Migrating your VB6 code is no small feat. It often feels like balancing on a …
Read Storyby Cheyenne Sokkappa, on Oct 28, 2024 4:10:37 PM
Please Note: The VBUC has been renamed to VB6 AI Migrator as of August 2025 Tired of your VB6 code looking like it’s from the Jurassic era? VBUC 10.3 just …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 17, 2024 12:15:00 AM
Visual Basic: Unraveling the Versions Visual Basic, a programming language born at Microsoft (side note: I was a VB 1.0 product manager. BEST.JOB.EVER.), has transformed A LOT over the years …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jan 10, 2023 5:00:00 AM
Today we're announcing general availability of VB6 AI Migrator version 9.5 with full .NET 7 support. If you're a little confused still about all the .NET versions and names, here's …
Read Storyby Mauricio Rojas, on Apr 20, 2020 5:04:03 PM
If you are doing a VB6 migration it is usually better to migrate your application and all your dependencies at once. But there might be scenarios where you need to …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 13, 2020 5:12:36 PM
Not going to bury this lead1: Microsoft's latest update has stopped some VB6 apps from working. Yeah. That day we always knew was going to come some day? Well, turns …
Read Storyby Mauricio Rojas, on Nov 26, 2019 10:02:59 AM
Usually when we modernize legacy VB6, Delphi or PowerBuilder apps some parts of the migrated application depend on using a device which is attached to the client using the app …
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