Experiencing a problem while converting/upgrading vb6 project to vb8..

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I am experiencing a problem when trying to convert a rather large VB6 application into VB8. Everytime I try to convert the project I get the following error: "Upgrade Failed: Exception occurred: Can't use character device names in file names". Can someone point me in the right direction...?<b></b>

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I am experiencing a problem when trying to convert a rather large VB6 application into VB8. Everytime I try to convert the project I get the following error: "Upgrade Failed: Exception occurred: Can't use character device names in file names". Can someone point me in the right direction...?

Posted 10-Apr-16 22:51pm

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Updated 10-Apr-16 23:00pm

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F-ES Sitecore · Answer 1 · 2016-04-10T23:00:00

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Have you at least googled the error message?

VB6 > .Net Conversion Error: Character Device names?[^]

Posted 10-Apr-16 23:00pm

F-ES Sitecore