VB6 conversion wizard unavailable in VB .NET - why?

[Richard]

Why is the VB6 conversion wizard unavailable in the VB .NET (standard) package?
There is no professional version of VB .NET, although there is Visual Studio
Professional (I think).

I have been led to believe, including by Microsoft's web site itself, that
the wizard is available in VB .NET

Why do I have to buy VS Pro/Enterprise or whatever to have the VB6 conversion
wizard when it should be in the VB .NET package? I shouldn't have to buy
C# and C++ to get the wizard when I am a VB developer.

Anybody else with this gripe? Microsoft rips us off yet again.

Richard

[Constance J. Petersen]

"Richard" <rak@airnet.com.au> wrote in message news:3c953aa2$1@10.1.10.29...
> Why is the VB6 conversion wizard unavailable in the VB .NET (standard)
package?
> There is no professional version of VB .NET, although there is Visual Studio
> Professional (I think).

The standard edition is a limited edition, designed (I believe) for getting
started with learning Visual Basic .NET.

> Why do I have to buy VS Pro/Enterprise or whatever to have the VB6 conversion
> wizard when it should be in the VB .NET package? I shouldn't have to buy
> C# and C++ to get the wizard when I am a VB developer.
>
> Anybody else with this gripe? Microsoft rips us off yet again.

Because you're already a VB developer, you can get the $549 upgrade price less a
$300 rebate, bringing the cost of Visual Studio .NET Pro to $249 (or maybe less
at street prices). I don't consider that to be rip-off pricing.
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[Richie Von Rauchhaupt]

Make sure you still have VB6 still installed on the machine. I had the same
problem and it took forever to figure out. Basiclly I uninstalled it to gain
enough space to install .net figuring that vb6 was "obsolete" and it gave
me that error... I brought my vb6 project to work where vb6 and .net were
installed and it worked. You might have to uninstall .net then install vb6
then reinstall .net again atleast thats what I had to do.

--RiCh


"Constance J. Petersen" <constance@smartisans.com> wrote:
>"Richard" <rak@airnet.com.au> wrote in message news:3c953aa2$1@10.1.10.29...
>> Why is the VB6 conversion wizard unavailable in the VB .NET (standard)
>package?
>> There is no professional version of VB .NET, although there is Visual
Studio
>> Professional (I think).
>
>The standard edition is a limited edition, designed (I believe) for getting
>started with learning Visual Basic .NET.
>
>> Why do I have to buy VS Pro/Enterprise or whatever to have the VB6 conversion
>> wizard when it should be in the VB .NET package? I shouldn't have to buy
>> C# and C++ to get the wizard when I am a VB developer.
>>
>> Anybody else with this gripe? Microsoft rips us off yet again.
>
>Because you're already a VB developer, you can get the $549 upgrade price
less a
>$300 rebate, bringing the cost of Visual Studio .NET Pro to $249 (or maybe
less
>at street prices). I don't consider that to be rip-off pricing.
>--
>Constance Petersen, DevX newsgroup section leader
>SoftMedia Artisans, Inc.
>http://www.smartisans.com
>For useful, usable software and Web sites
>Featured Web design: http://www.keweenawnow.com/
>--
>Please reply in the newsgroup so everyone can benefit
>
>
>