Can VB6 & VB.net co-exist

26 May 2005 3:56 AM

Dave

Hello,

I have a lot of VB6 code under development and support, but want to
experiment with VB.net. Can I install/use VB6 and VB.net on the same machine
without conflicts? Are there any "tips and tricks" I should know about doing
this?

Thanks in advance - Dave

26 May 2005 4:16 AM

Michael C

"Dave" <D***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8FFA88E-CF9E-4D13-9746-6444571BB438@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a lot of VB6 code under development and support, but want to
> experiment with VB.net. Can I install/use VB6 and VB.net on the same
> machine
> without conflicts?

Yes.

> Are there any "tips and tricks" I should know about doing
> this?

None that I know of.

Michael

26 May 2005 4:19 AM

Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]

"Dave" <D***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8FFA88E-CF9E-4D13-9746-6444571BB438@microsoft.com...

> I have a lot of VB6 code under development and support, but want to
> experiment with VB.net. Can I install/use VB6 and VB.net on the same
> machine
> without conflicts?

Yes.

> Are there any "tips and tricks" I should know about doing
> this?

Nope, although I'd recommend installing VB6 first.

26 May 2005 1:12 PM

Michael D. Ober

Install VB 6 first. Then install the dotNet development environment. If
you need to desinstall either environment, you may need to reinstall the
remaining environment to recover full IDE functionality. Based on my
experience, I would recommend deinstalling both and then reinstalling the
environment I want to keep.

Mike Ober.

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"Dave" <D***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a lot of VB6 code under development and support, but want to
> experiment with VB.net. Can I install/use VB6 and VB.net on the same
machine
> without conflicts? Are there any "tips and tricks" I should know about
doing
> this?
>
> Thanks in advance - Dave
>

26 May 2005 3:49 PM

Dick Grier

Hi,

They work fine on the same machine.

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Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
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26 May 2005 9:03 PM

Ralph

"Dave" <D***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8FFA88E-CF9E-4D13-9746-6444571BB438@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a lot of VB6 code under development and support, but want to
> experiment with VB.net. Can I install/use VB6 and VB.net on the same
machine
> without conflicts? Are there any "tips and tricks" I should know about
doing
> this?
>
> Thanks in advance - Dave
>

There are two possible annoyances. Both easily corrected manually or by
re-installing.
1) File associations will be changed to the last VS installed. This has
little effect on Classic VB but will affect any special tools you have for
debugging and other languages (.obj, .res, .c, .h, .idl, etc)
2) You may lose the 'connection' to VB6's MSDN Help Files. VB6 can't use the
newer MSDN library .chm files.

hth
-ralph