Converting VBA code to VB .NET

• 1. Export forms and code modules from within the VBA editor. Forms cannot be converted but their associated code can be exported

  2. Create a VB 6 project and import the exported VBA items. Save the project

  3. Open the VB 6 project in Visual Basic 2008. The new version of VB will recognize the VB 6 project and run it through a conversion routine

  4. Create a new Visual Basic 2008 project per ArcObjects guidelines

  5. Recreate the forms from the VBA project. Using the same field names will mean less work when converting the code. In the add-in framework, forms are hosted/managed by the DockableWindow object

  6. Copy and paste the code from the converted project to the new project. Clean up warnings and review comments added by the conversion routine

Notes:

• • Windows forms cannot use carriage returns for the text in design mode; Set the text in the New() subroutine on the form object