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Possibly unfair to PIC, I remember a problems with a particular 16F658 batch kept me going for a couple of weeks.
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I am trying to convert my VB6 code to C# (Desktop programs). I am looking for tools that will help increase my efficiency and shorten the learning curve. Any suggestions? Other than "give it up!" 
If everything seems to be going well you are obviously overlooking someone or something....
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This[^] is the traditional method of conversion.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Resharper.
And don't give it up, C# isn't terribly difficult. Like an English muffin, it just has many nooks and crannies, and is infinitely better with butter(Resharper).
I would suggest a functional clone rather than direct conversion, though. It's unlikely that a VB6 program is structured in a way that will work well in C#.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Thanks, I will check it out. And yes I am actually re-writing a functional clone as you suggest. Sorry I did not make that clearer. The Program is around 400,000 lines of code. 
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No worries, just wanted to make sure you didn't end up down the rabbit hole 
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Ed Aymami wrote: around 400,000 lines of code
Imagine how rewarding it will be when you can finally "select-all, delete!" the VB code 
On the other hand, you have different fingers. - Steven Wright
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You Can Use .NET De-compiling Tools Like RedGate .NET Reflector For Simply Read Your Assembly And Translate It To Different Versions Of C#, VB.NET Or C++.NET.
I Use That Tool To Read My Students Codes And Learn Some Of Tricks They Use... 
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Nathan Minier wrote: Resharper.
Gesundheit!
Honestly, I love that nagging thing almost as much as I do JavaScript!
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Nathan Minier wrote: Resharper.
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Nathan Minier wrote: Resharper.
Eric
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Presumably, in a world of reuse, I am the only one concerned when I hear “rewrite”, “redesign” or “refactor”. IT staff spend an inordinate amount of time reinventing the wheel over and over rather than moving on and accomplishing something new. I suppose it maintains the inflated “need” for IT workers.
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Or it could be that one obsolete language is architecturally incompatible with best practices in another. Crazy, I know.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Unless it's less than 1000 lines of code, avoid auto-conversion software. I'd strongly recommend re-designing and then re-writing it in C#. The re-design is important because things are done way differently in modern .NET than it was during the VB6 days.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Thanks, I will check it out. And yes I am actually re-writing a functional clone as you suggest. Sorry I did not make that clearer. The Program is around 400,000 lines of code.
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Yeah, you'd need to re-think the database schema, what database approach to use, do you keep it as desktop or do you roll out parts of it as web apps, host it on the cloud (AWS/Azure), use SOA and componentize the application structure, using Web API wrapper layers, designing for scalability, etc. Sounds like a really fun project.
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He isn't kidding. I would LOVE to get into a project like that!
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Converted database schema to SqlServer years ago. The VB6 Code runs fine on SQLServer2016.
Using CodeTrigger to create the data access layers. Like it a lot.
Old men need love and respect too...
(Did not believe this when I was 25...
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Exactly. Your post is the voice of experience talking.
Jeremy Falcon
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Clearly, they never worked for a government agency. 
On the other hand, you have different fingers. - Steven Wright
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In the 1970s, when structured languages such as Pascal were becoming widespread, the saying was that "You can do FORTRAN programming in any language!"
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Delete and rewrite?
Seriously - give that a thought: the logical flow is not the same in these two languages. I remember way back, when I was teaching myself C and how, after some time, I finally stopped writing FORTRAN programs with C syntax and started to write real C programs.
That goes for your conversion, too. Now, dropping that VB6, is your chance to finally do it right!
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Yes I am actually re-writing a functional clone as you suggest. Sorry I did not make that clearer. The Program is around 400,000 lines of code.
Can't delete, too many clients still successfully running their businesses with the VB6 code.
all out of aphorisms...
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