[Spam] [Mono-list] Compiling VB

[A Rafael D Teixeira]

Hi Paul,

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On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 01:08 +0100, Paul wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have some downloaded VB here which comes in two parts, the form and
> the code. How do I compile them? 
> 
> TTFN
> 
> Paul

Looks like old VB code instead of VB.NET, so mbas won't help you
(neither vbc). You need to compile and run it with VB6/VB6-runtime only
in windows. 

Another possibility is to use the VB to VB.NET converter in Visual
Studio.NET, and obtain new VB.NET sources and projects, but it normally
doesn't do a good job as the original language and framework doesn't
give good enough clues.
The worst case is if you have the original code compiling to many VB
libraries. In that case it will happily generate worthless ActiveX
wrappers for all public classes, and reference them (doubly-wrapping) as
COM+ objects in the client code.
Nevertheless, for trivial forms in a monolithic app the converter does
generate passable Windows Forms versions, but again beware of any custom
or third-party ActiveX controls embedded in the design that will be
wrapped for use in the managed form, making it surely non-portable.

Good Luck
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