Access Application (MDB/ADP) to VB/VB.Net Migration

[Micah Miller]

Hello,

We have built the foundation of our initial application using the Access
Runtime(framework), I was wondering, are there any tool(s) that are
available to scale/migrate this application into VB6/VB.Net development
platform?

Thanks,
Micah

 

[Larry Linson]

There are some third-party products that claim to convert Access to classic
VB. Those who have used them say that there will still be a good deal of
manual work to do. But, my question would be, "why convert a perfectly good,
working Access database to classic VB" -- the performance is primarily
determined by the data access and that won't be any better.

There is not, AFAIK, anyone who even claims to convert Access to VB.NET.
There's not even a "nearly complete" converter for classic VB to VB.NET --
with the best I've heard about, there's even more conversion to be done
manually than in an Access to classic VB conversion. And, the way you do
things in VB.NET is sufficiently different that most VB.NET experts suggest
you re-implement, anyway.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[Micah Miller]

Hey thanks Larry. I realise I may have gone out on a limb there, but
sometimes it nevers hurts to check.

--Micah