yeah, that's what i'm planning to do, is try to get what's there and try to put the pieces together and move on from there. eBay here i come. Thanks again Peter

Hi Dan, yes the wizard is part of VB/VS.NET. tried to migrate but craps out due to missing objects in the VB6 project. no, it won't open the .vbp project file. i opened it with notepad and took a look at what was their and tried to located the ocx's and VB modules, but the programmer didn't give them all the code. ! thanks Peter

Hi Rocky, yeah did have msdn till 1998.... which included VB5. a friend had VB6, so took the code over there to take a look at it. thanks for the link, might be good to have a copy on hand. That would be far less than rewriting their app (assuming it is more than a calculator : ) ) yes it would, i think its more than a calculator, but a calculator acutally does something. also found that there were many modules missing from the code. thanks for the input. Peter

Hi Michael Would suddenly switching technologies in the middle of app development be a good idea? Perhaps in your case it could fly... I don't know the app, of course, but does it have the infrastructure to support a .Net app? e.g. the client machines need the .Net framework, etc after looking at what code they were given... ohhh yeah. total spaggetti code, plus modules missing, no structure, no nothing. The app was written by a kid going to school, and i was able to also find lots of "vb for dummies" books. From waht i saw there's no starting point to go to .NET, tried to convert but with the missing modules, .net was just failing everywhere on the conversion. Why convert the app to C? If the client is paying for the time to convert the app, did they have a say in that decision? doesn't have to be C++. Client wants the app running and able for expansion for future needs. Also, the application was never actually running on their systems, only the programmers notebook "supposidly" !. its a sad situation, but i the client realizes that their options are limited. Thanks for your input Peter

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Hi Duncan. :doh::doh::doh: crhapppp :doh::doh::doh::doh: use to have msdn sub, but too expensive north of the USA border. i think i'll just recommend to re-write it properly. thanks for the input, greatly appreciated Peter

Hi Dan, from opening the .vbp file, he used more ocx's and controls than you could swing a stick at :wtf: the client doesn't have VB6, he worked on the code on his laptop. we did hunt him down and got a copy of the source ,which looks like its also missing stuff. this is gonna be fun i downloaded VB 2005 express, it didn't like the project at all. Thanks Dan Peter

Thanks Turtle, did that , but the problem is i can't find where he setup the connection to the database (SQL server). i opened the .exe and found the "dsn", but the program for reason won't connect to the DB. (Sql Server does not exist or access denied - 80004005) Something strange going on with this app. thanks for replying

Hi All, yep, its correct VB6 :eek: picked up a client whose VB programmer disappeared :((, leaving their application not functional and in a mess. don't have VB6, don't want to buy VB6, and can't find VB6 locally, Q: can i use Microsoft VB .NET 2003 standard to open the VB6 project file and not have it convert it to .net, i just want ot open the .vbp as if it was VB6, will VB. NET allow me to work on the legacy version. and yes... i will be converting the application to C :doh: any thoughts appreciated Thanks

Men/Ladies my head's spinning faster that a toliet flush. :omg: Is visual studio 2005 the new name for .NET family , what should i be flushing my money down on, i'm totally lost ? any help appreciated. Thanks

any with using WMI SHOULD BE: any way without using WMI

Hi David, thanks for he info, but i can't use WMI, gonna make the app too fat for its purpose with com and all the other stuff. plus the app needs to run and detect on w98 systems, which WMI is not activated by default, and the end users are not bright enough to start hacking the registry. any way with using WMI ?? thanks again

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Hi All, searched high 'n low, and can't find a function/or where to look, to see if a system has usb ports installed. don't need to know what the devices are, just if the motherboard has a usb port. needs to be c/c++, no wmi, function must be compatible with w98/w2k/xp any help or advice appreciated

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Check that SP3 is still installed, i've seen this when some apps and updates get installed, sp3 dissapears/gets corrupted. you can check from the [my computer]- [properties dialog] box. you can try re-installing SP3 this might help