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How does one distinguish between VB5 and VB6 projects?

I have to maintain a number of minor legacy apps and most of them have no or minimal documentation. There are a couple of these which were written either in VB5 or 6, but I can't tell which. There doesn't seem to be big difference in the appearance of the source code, and I can load either one using VB6, and even run them in the IDE, b...

Is it possible to create an instance of a class in VB from a string containing the class's definition?

Is it possible to create an instance of a class in VB 5 CCE from a string containing the class's definition? Um... I'm actually using VB 5 CCE because I'm too cheap to get a version that costs money. Can someone tell me how to implement it that way? TYVM to whoever answers this!!!!! NVM... I'm downloading VS 2008 Express... ...

how to pass a null value to a rdoQuery.rdoParameter in VisualBasic 5

I have a visual basic 5 project, using Microsfot Remote Data Object 2.0 I have the following code: Set ps = grdoCon.CreateQuery("Resolucion_ValidaCorrelatividad", SQL) ps(0).Direction = rdParamReturnValue ps(1).Direction = rdParamInput ps.rdoParameters(1) = vbNull ps.Execute it gives me the following error: (40002) 22005: [Micr...

VB5 Application Conversion

Hi, I have a VB5 application written in a foreign language (italian). It uses an access DB which is also in italian. How can I convert this to english? I am possible going to port this to .NET, but before I do I need to somehow read and understand what I am doing. Thanks ...

How can I write a VB5 app to consume a web service?

I'm working with one legacy application written in VB5, and I need to give it the ability to consume a web service. Anyone know how this can be done? I've heard that it can be done for VB6, but I don't have any detail on that either. ...

Making .NET assembly COM-visible and working for VB5

I have an assembly which I have managed to make visible to VB6 and it works, but having a problem accomplishing the same thing with VB5. For VB6, I have built the assembly, made it COM-visible, registered it as a COM object etc., and the assembly shows in VB6's References list, and allows me to use it successfully. The Object Browser...

Mixing VB5 and C# in a Windows Form application

I'd like to add a window to my application. Is it possible to "extend" an old vb5 project using C#? Is it easy to do and maintain and is it a good practice ? If not, what are the alternatives? ...