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    Upgrading Visual Basic® 6.0 Applications to Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 2005

    • Upgrading Visual Basic® 6.0 Applications to Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 2005

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    • Publisher: Microsoft Press

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    • Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-2298-2

    • Print ISBN-10: 0-7356-2298-1

    • Pages in Print Edition: 720

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    Expert guidance for upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 applications to Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 2005.

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    Table of Contents

     Index

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    Copyright

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    Preface

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    1 Token    Chapter 1. Introduction
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    Why Consider an Upgrade Project?

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    Upgrade Strategies

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    Moving from Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 2. Practices for Successful Upgrades
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    Functional Equivalence and Application Advancement

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    Organizational Structure and the Software Life Cycle

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    Overview of the Upgrade Process

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    Proof of Concept

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    Planning the Upgrade

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    Producing a Project Plan

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    Estimating Cost

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    Preparing for the Upgrade

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    Upgrading the Application

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    Testing and Quality Assurance

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    Deployment

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    Advancing an Application

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    Managing an Upgrade Project

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 3. Assessment and Analysis
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    Introduction

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    Evaluating Upgrade Objectives

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    Application Analysis

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    Estimating Effort and Cost

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    Summary

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    Chapter 4. Common Application Types
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    Identifying and Upgrading Application Types

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    Desktop and Web Applications

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    Application Components

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    Distributed Applications

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 5. The Visual Basic Upgrade Process
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    Procedure Overview

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    Application Preparation

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    Application Upgrade

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    Testing and Debugging the Upgraded Application

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 6. Understanding the Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard
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    Using the Upgrade Tool

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    Tasks Performed by the Upgrade Wizard

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    Supported Elements

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    1 Token    Chapter 7. Upgrading Commonly-Used Visual Basic 6.0 Objects
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    Upgrading the App Object

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    Upgrading the Screen Object

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    Upgrading the Printer Object

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    Upgrading the Printers Collection

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    Upgrading the Forms Collection

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    Upgrading the Clipboard Object

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    Upgrading the Licenses Collection

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    Upgrading the Controls Collection

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 8. Upgrading Commonly-Used Visual Basic 6.0 Language Features
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    Resolving Issues with Default Properties

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    Resolving Issues with Custom Collection Classes

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    Dealing with Changes to Commonly-Used Functions and Objects

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    Dealing with Changes to TypeOf

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    Upgrading References to Visual Basic 6.0 Enum Values

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    Dealing with Changes to Arrays

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    Upgrading Add-ins

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    1 Token    Chapter 9. Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 Forms Features
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    Handling Changes to Graphics Operations

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    Handling Changes to the PopupMenu Method

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    Handling Changes to the ClipControls Property

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    Drag-and-Drop Functionality

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    Handling Changes to the MousePointer and MouseIcon Properties

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    Handling Changes to Property Pages

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    Handling Changes to the OLE Container Control

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    Handling Changes to Control Arrays

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    Handling Changes to DDE Functionality

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 10. Upgrading Web Applications
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    Upgrading ActiveX Documents

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    Upgrading Web Classes

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 11. Upgrading String and File Operations
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    Operations Handled by the Upgrade Wizard

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    Manual String and File Operation Changes

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 12. Upgrading Data Access
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    General Considerations

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    ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

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    Data Access Objects and Remote Data Objects

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    Custom Data Access Components

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    Converting Data Reports to Crystal Reports

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 13. Working with the Windows API
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    Type Changes

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    Variable Type “As Any” Is No Longer Supported

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    Passing User-Defined Types to API Functions

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    Changes to “AddressOf” Functionality

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    Functions ObjPtr, StrPtr, and VarPtr Are No Longer Supported

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    Moving API Calls to Visual Basic .NET

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 14. Interop Between Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic .NET
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    Calling .NET Assemblies from Visual Basic 6.0 Clients

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    Calling Visual Basic 6.0 Libraries from Visual Basic .NET Clients

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    How to Achieve Interoperability

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    Resource Handling

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    1 Token    Chapter 15. Upgrading MTS and COM+ Applications
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    Using MTS/COM+ in Visual Basic 6.0

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    Using COM+ in Visual Basic .NET

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    General Considerations

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    Upgrading MTS/COM+ Services

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    Additional COM+ Functionality

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    COM+ Security

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    Context Components

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    COM+ Events

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    Message Queuing and Queued Components

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 16. Application Completion
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    Separating Assemblies

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    Upgrading Integrated Help

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    Run-time Dependencies

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    Upgrading Application Setup

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 17. Introduction to Application Advancement
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    Target Audience

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    Advancing the Architecture, Design, and Implementation

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    1 Token    Chapter 18. Advancements for Common Application Scenarios
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    Windows Applications and Windows Forms Smart Clients

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 19. Advancements for Common Web Scenarios
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    Web Applications and ASP.NET

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    Web Services

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    1 Token    Chapter 20. Common Technology Scenarios
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    Application Security

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    Application Manageability

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    Application Performance and Scalability

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    Communication and State Management

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    Upgrading ODBC and OLE DB Data Access Components

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    Upgrading ADO to ADO.NET

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Chapter 21. Testing Upgraded Applications
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    Fitch & Mather Stocks 2000

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    Test Objectives

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    Testing Process

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    An Overview of Test Strategies

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    Test Strategy Based on the Agile Methodology

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    Tools for Testing Visual Basic .NET Applications

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Appendix A. References to Related Topics
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    Visual Basic 6.0 Resource Center

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    Coding Standards

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    Choosing File I/O Options

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    1 Token    Appendix B. Application Blocks, Frameworks, and Other Development Aids
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    Using Visual Basic .NET Application Blocks

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    Building “My” Facades

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    Building Visual Studio .NET Snippets

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    Mobile Applications and the .NET Compact Framework

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    1 Token    Appendix C. Introduction to Upgrading ASP
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    Process Overview

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    Understanding the ASP to ASP.NET Migration Assistant

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    Preparing the Application

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    Upgrading the Application

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    Testing and Debugging the Upgraded Application

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    Deployment

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    1 Token    Appendix D. Upgrading FMStocks 2000 — A Case Study
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    About FMStocks 2000

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    FMStocks 2000 Assessment and Analysis

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    Upgrading FMStocks 2000

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    Summary

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    1 Token    Inside Front Cover
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    Additional Resources for Visual Basic Developers

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