3 Day Open Conference

Life after VB 6 - protecting your test software investment
Tuesday 18th November 2008
12.20 - 12.40
Auditorium 1

With end of extended support for Visual Basic 6, many developers are looking for answers as to how to maintain their legacy VB 6 code, while creating new applications on supported software Microsoft platforms. Visual Basic .NET looks more like C++ than traditional Basic, making the move from VB 6 less than ideal but the move may be worth the effort. To effectively analyze if and which applications you should migrate to VB .NET, you must first understand the key components of .NET, the differences between VB 6 and VB .NET, and your options for migrating to .NET. In this article, discover the key elements of the .NET framework which provide significant benefits to engineers creating distributed applications, organizing large problems, or looking for maximum application performance. In addition, learn how to integrate or convert existing Visual Basic 6 applications into .NET to realize these benefits.

About the Speaker(s):

Wendy Logan
Product Manager
National Instruments, USA

Wendy Logan is the product marketing manager for LabWindows/CVI and Measurement Studio at National Instruments. Her current projects include outbound marketing and product strategy for National Instruments test software. Wendy holds a bachelor of science in computer science from Rice University.