Upgrading from VB6 - Direction

[Guest]

Hello all. We are trying to decide if we want to rewrite our applications in
VB.Net or ASP.Net. What factors need to be considered to making this
decision? Such as what items would we want to look for in each VB6 app to
determine if it could be written in ASP.Net and just go everything web
application based. Thanks all. We are trying to determine if we have a
mixed environment of VB.Net and ASP or try to shoot for all ASP.Net Web apps.

 

[Guest]

smart clients is the way to go...

 

[Peer Reynders]

Hello all. We are trying to decide if we want to rewrite our applications in
VB.Net or ASP.Net. What factors need to be considered to making this
decision? Such as what items would we want to look for in each VB6 app to
determine if it could be written in ASP.Net and just go everything web
application based. Thanks all. We are trying to determine if we have a
mixed environment of VB.Net and ASP or try to shoot for all ASP.Net Web apps.

For a quick overview of the Windows Forms/ASP.NET UI
features see:

Application Architecture for .NET: Designing Applications
and Services: Designing the Components of an Application or
Service

"Designing User Interface Components"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/AppArchCh2.asp

or pages 17 through 24 in the document:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...09-7AE3-4942-B466-CC778A3BAB34&displaylang=en


Before you jump on the Web-App band-wagon consider these:

The Diminishing Importance of HTML
http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/Editorials/DiminishingImportanceOfHTML.asp

Return of the Rich Client: Code Access Security and
Distribution Features in .NET Enhance Client-Side Apps
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/06/rich/default.aspx

Smart Client Application Model and the .NET Framework 1.1
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/programming/winforms/smartclient.aspx

Return of the Rich Clients
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/programming/winforms/richclient.aspx