How to run VB6TOCS ?

After you install VB6TOCS, a shortcut of VB6TOCS has been placed on Desktop. You can double click it to run VB6TOCS.

The following picture shows VB6TOCS window.

1. Mark the options

The options on above window are described below:

Options Description

VB to C# 2.0

Convert VB6 to C# 2.0

VB to C# 4.0

Convert VB6 to C# 4.0

ADO to ADO RCW

If you mark this option, VB6TOCS will convert the original ADO to a .NET assembly (RCW), and continue to use ADODB in C#.NET codes.

ADO to nce.ADOOle  

Migrate from ADODB to nceADO using OLEDB.NET Data Provider.

Please change the connection string of database according to OLEDB.NET Data Provider, following is the connection string sample:

MS-Access : "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=d:\test\test.mdb;"

SQL Server: "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=MySQLServer;Initial Catalog=Northwind;User Id=sa;Password=;"


ADO to nce.ADOSql

Migrate from ADODB to nceADO using SQL Server.NET Data Provider.

Please change the connection string of the database as following:

"Data Source=MySQLServer;Initial Catalog=Northwind;User Id=user1;Password=pwd1;"


ADO to nce.ADOOra  

Migrate from ADODB to nceADO using the .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle.

Please change the connection string of the database as following:

"Data Source=MyOracleServer;User Id=user1;Password=pwd1;"



2. Convert

A. Please input the full path of your Visual Basic 6.0 project file(.vbp) in TextBox.

B. Please input a destination path for placing the C# files generated by VB6TOCS.



C. Click the 'Convert' button to convert your VB6 to C#.

After you click on the 'Convert' button, the following Window will be pop-uped on screen:


After the conversion completed, the migration report will be showed on the screen


Then you could open the new C# project(.csproj) file with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to build and modify the new source code.