Visual Basic 6.0 to Web – How does it work?

Upgrade your strategic Visual Basic 6.0 assets to a web-based platform


How does it work?

ArtinSoft has been taking customer’s applications from legacy platforms to equivalent applications running in the latest technology for over 15 years. By combining this extensive migration expertise with the Visual WebGui rapid application development framework from Gizmox, it is possible to take your applications to the next level: to the web.

How does it work?

In this service offering, ArtinSoft will leverage the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion to create intermediate .NET code in either C# or Visual Basic .NET that can be easily adapted to the Visual WebGui platform, resulting in an application that can be deployed over the web using either ASP.NET based DHTML Ajax or Silverlight (Coming Q1 2010) technologies.

Migration flow


Full Migrations from VB 6.0 Projects to Visual WebGui .NET

Use a combination of ArtinSoft’s proven VB migration services and the Visual WebGui technology on a turn-key project to move your VB 6.0 applications to the web. This approach leverages the technology behind the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion to quickly and cost-effectively obtain Visual WebGui-friendly.NET code and reduce the time required to have a fully functional web solution.

Full migration flow

How transparent is it to get the application running on the web?

Most features work correctly when moving to a web-based solution using the Visual WebGui framework. For those that don’t The migration service provided by ArtinSoft makes sure that all web-specific concepts with no direct equivalent in VB6 are addressed maintaining the overall user experience. Typical issues that are addressed during the project include the Threading Model, Memory Load, Third Party Controls and handling of certain user events. The result is the best of both worlds: a highly interactive rich web application. WebGui

Engaging with ArtinSoft

Find out more information about how our consulting services can help your organization web-enable your applications by filling out our Contact Us form, request a services quote, or send us an email to info@artinsoft.com. An account representative will contact you between one to two business days.