Application upgrade
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Hi guys! My organisation has an application that is approximately 10 years old. It is not a Web application. It is supported by MS Visual Studio 6 and still runs mostly on Windows NT4 workstations and a few XP. They want to replace all NT4 computers with XPs and take the opportunity to upgrade our development environment also. Looking at the Microsoft site, I think that all we need is the Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional version. Is this a good plan and if it is, how hard is it to migrate to this new version? Thanks!
jpyp
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Hi guys! My organisation has an application that is approximately 10 years old. It is not a Web application. It is supported by MS Visual Studio 6 and still runs mostly on Windows NT4 workstations and a few XP. They want to replace all NT4 computers with XPs and take the opportunity to upgrade our development environment also. Looking at the Microsoft site, I think that all we need is the Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional version. Is this a good plan and if it is, how hard is it to migrate to this new version? Thanks!
jpyp
Who could know? There are many specifics you havn't identified.
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Hi guys! My organisation has an application that is approximately 10 years old. It is not a Web application. It is supported by MS Visual Studio 6 and still runs mostly on Windows NT4 workstations and a few XP. They want to replace all NT4 computers with XPs and take the opportunity to upgrade our development environment also. Looking at the Microsoft site, I think that all we need is the Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional version. Is this a good plan and if it is, how hard is it to migrate to this new version? Thanks!
jpyp
jpyp wrote:
My organisation has an application that is approximately 10 years old. It is not a Web application. It is supported by MS Visual Studio 6 and still runs mostly on Windows NT4 workstations and a few XP.
Is your application something you _use_ or something you _develop_ ?
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Hi guys! My organisation has an application that is approximately 10 years old. It is not a Web application. It is supported by MS Visual Studio 6 and still runs mostly on Windows NT4 workstations and a few XP. They want to replace all NT4 computers with XPs and take the opportunity to upgrade our development environment also. Looking at the Microsoft site, I think that all we need is the Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional version. Is this a good plan and if it is, how hard is it to migrate to this new version? Thanks!
jpyp
jpyp wrote:
It is supported by MS Visual Studio 6
Is this home grown application? What language is it written? I am assuming from your post, C++, but it could be VB as well. Who maintains it now, you other group? there are details missing from your post.
Yusuf
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jpyp wrote:
It is supported by MS Visual Studio 6
Is this home grown application? What language is it written? I am assuming from your post, C++, but it could be VB as well. Who maintains it now, you other group? there are details missing from your post.
Yusuf
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Yes it is a home grown MFC C++ application and we maintain it. I am more concern about the required level of effort to upgrade it to VC++ 2008. Thanks!
jpyp
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Hi guys! My organisation has an application that is approximately 10 years old. It is not a Web application. It is supported by MS Visual Studio 6 and still runs mostly on Windows NT4 workstations and a few XP. They want to replace all NT4 computers with XPs and take the opportunity to upgrade our development environment also. Looking at the Microsoft site, I think that all we need is the Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional version. Is this a good plan and if it is, how hard is it to migrate to this new version? Thanks!
jpyp
jpyp wrote:
...how hard is it to migrate to this new version?
Not hard at all. The IDE can convert the project in less than a minute. You'll still need to change the code, however, to adhere to the stricter C++ rules. If you are not using MFC, you may be able to get away with the Express Edition.
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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jpyp wrote:
...how hard is it to migrate to this new version?
Not hard at all. The IDE can convert the project in less than a minute. You'll still need to change the code, however, to adhere to the stricter C++ rules. If you are not using MFC, you may be able to get away with the Express Edition.
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons