Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 Applications to Visual Basic.NET

patterns & practices

Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0

Applications to Visual Basic .NETand Visual Basic 2005

patterns & practices

Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0

Applications to Visual Basic .NETand Visual Basic 2005

patterns & practices

patterns & practices

ISBN 0-7356-2298-1

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Contents

PrefacexvWho Should Read This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviFor Technical Decision Makers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviFor Solution Architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviFor Developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviPrerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviiHow to Use This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviiRelevant Chapters for Technical Decision Makers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxRelevant Chapters for Solution Architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxRelevant Chapters for Software Developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiDocument Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiFeedback and Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiPrincipal Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiContributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiiAcknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiiMore Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxivChapter 1

Introduction1Why Consider an Upgrade Project?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Minimum Information Needed to Make a Decision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Upgrade Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Moving from Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Increased Productivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Better Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Application Extendibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Improved Reliability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Improved Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Improved Deployment Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Increased Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Benefits of the Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . 23Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23For More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Chapter 2

Practices for Successful Upgrades25Functional Equivalence and Application Advancement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Functio …… 此处隐藏：24917字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……