I am aware that I'm still coding my apps in the now somewhat archaic language of VB6, and have always considered that, at some point in the future, I would give in and switch over to VB.NET.
Although I don't like the massive framework, as it's now part of the OS in Vista anyway, and that will slowly become the standard desktop OS, making users download and install it is becoming less of a concern. I've tried the automated 'upgrade' tool though (to port VHPA over to .NET) and found it's going to create what looks like a huge amount of work to get it running (not to mention learning a half new language).
Having just discovered REALBasic though, it does look like a very credible alternative. The multi-OS support is very nice too. I'm curious if anyone has experience with this, or knows of any other alternatives to the typical M$ route for moving VB6 apps on (without rewriting in another language like C++ of course, that's something I'm not looking into)?
Although I don't like the massive framework, as it's now part of the OS in Vista anyway, and that will slowly become the standard desktop OS, making users download and install it is becoming less of a concern. I've tried the automated 'upgrade' tool though (to port VHPA over to .NET) and found it's going to create what looks like a huge amount of work to get it running (not to mention learning a half new language).
Having just discovered REALBasic though, it does look like a very credible alternative. The multi-OS support is very nice too. I'm curious if anyone has experience with this, or knows of any other alternatives to the typical M$ route for moving VB6 apps on (without rewriting in another language like C++ of course, that's something I'm not looking into)?