KB175531 - White Paper: Migrating Applications to Visual Basic 5.0

Article ID: 175531

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005

Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition

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SUMMARY

Visual Basic 5.0 offers many new features and functions that make it a worthwhile platform to move to. Of course, the most compelling reason may be the fact that it now creates native code executables, resulting in performance gains over previous versions of Visual Basic. In addition, you have the ability to create ActiveX controls, ActiveDocs, as well as other features.

MORE INFORMATION

This document considers and discusses the following:

Reasons to migrate
Issues to Consider
Notable Changes to Visual Basic
Types of Change
Plan of Attack
Migration Resources

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Migrate.exe

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119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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