Viewing old visual basic code (Visual Studio 8) forms in Visual Studio 2019 / Conversion Issue?
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I have some software originally written with Visual Basic 2008 (visual studio 2008) and I would like to purchase Visual Studio 2019 Pro. However, I have downloaded the trial version of Pro 2019 and am having some issues. I think it might be a conversion issue since it was developed and maintained in a very old version. What can I do to convert from Visual studio 8 code to visual studio 2019? It is written in Visual Basic. For example, when I open the project in 2019, I can't get the graphic views (forms) to show...maybe it's hidden somewhere within Pro 2019 and I can't find it since I have been using such an old version. I was expecting to see the form in the Solution Explorer to double click and open it from there, but it's not there...at least not what I was expecting to see. Any help is much appreciated.
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I have some software originally written with Visual Basic 2008 (visual studio 2008) and I would like to purchase Visual Studio 2019 Pro. However, I have downloaded the trial version of Pro 2019 and am having some issues. I think it might be a conversion issue since it was developed and maintained in a very old version. What can I do to convert from Visual studio 8 code to visual studio 2019? It is written in Visual Basic. For example, when I open the project in 2019, I can't get the graphic views (forms) to show...maybe it's hidden somewhere within Pro 2019 and I can't find it since I have been using such an old version. I was expecting to see the form in the Solution Explorer to double click and open it from there, but it's not there...at least not what I was expecting to see. Any help is much appreciated.
Member 14577688 wrote:
I can't get the graphic views (forms) to show
What actually happens when you try? There is quite a jump between 2008 and 2019 so it may be that some of the old projects cannot be converted directly. You should try importing the source files into a new project to see if that works.
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Member 14577688 wrote:
I can't get the graphic views (forms) to show
What actually happens when you try? There is quite a jump between 2008 and 2019 so it may be that some of the old projects cannot be converted directly. You should try importing the source files into a new project to see if that works.
In the 2008 version, when I double click on a .vb file in the Solution Explorer (after opening a folder in Visual Studio with multiple files showing up in the Solution Explorer), the form would come up graphically. When I do the same in 2019, nothing happens. I'll try importing source files into a new project.