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Robby, actually (and as Orville said to Wilbur) you're right! (haha, sorry). And, I was so frustrated about the whole situation that I completely forgot it's a 3rd party app MS throws in --why, I don't know because, as it sounds from this forum, it sure is not a value add! Someone else in this thread said maybe MS should take it over and do it right and I agree, but then another person said because the two languages are so different, it would not be practical. Too bad, because it would sure make it easier and give more confidence for more VB6'rs to make the leap. It almost sounds like you have to more or less re-learn VB if you choose to make the leap to .net. Yes, and it's because I did a search in the forum on the information I was looking for, and thought it better to respond to a previous thread instead of starting a new one. I thought this was the most relevant thread, so I felt some value in reviving it. Thanks for starting it in the first place! Thanks to everyone for their comments, tk

It SEEMS like the crappy upgrade wizard DOES come with VB.net Standard Hello, First a little background on me. I am not a major VB programer, or a major programmer at all, I just make small utilities to do things I want. I learned what I know on VB6, with some help from a pretty knowledgable co-worker at my previous job. Last week I went to the book store to get a book on programming with VB6, and saw the "Deluxe" step by step (MS) book with VB.net Standard 2003 bundled in. I thought, well, seems like more and more businesses are moving to the .net world, so maybe I should learn it. Wow. That brings you to why I'm here. I've tried pulling up several VB6 projects in .net, and not a single one has been successful. EVERY time, I get some error while running the Upgrade Wizard. Sometimes it's that some module or form is missing (when it's not), or I get an error about missing design time licenses (i.e. for Winsock, RichTextBox, etc.). I think it's also interesting that on the first screen of the upgrade wizard, it says it will copy form and class files and convert them. I've seen comments about the upgrade wizard not doing class files --unless I read those wrong, which is completely possible. I'm REALLY disappointed that it sounds like, and based on my short experience, the upgrade wizard is a complete waste of hard drive space and anyone's time. Sure would have thought MS would have either made it WORK, or not include it AT ALL! What a huge frustration to know that unless you want to rewrite all your code, you have to continue to have VB6 around. Sure seems like a big wasted effort to me. Does anyone disagree? (stepping down off the well worn soap box). :mad: Frustrated and Annoyed!!! :mad: tk