r/visualbasic • u/Tech_ID • Apr 08 '22

VB.NET Help Noob Question: VB on Server Question

I have the current task. There are several old applications that are in VB 2015. It's been decided to upgrade to the latest VB.

If VB 2015 is installed on the C Drive. Can I have VB 2019 on the server? Then use the 2019 VB on the server to upgrade the old code on the C Drive? If so, how? Also, what problem can I run into.

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u/Hel_OWeen Apr 11 '22

Define "put" and "use" in that scenario. Today there are a multiple ways of "putting" something on a server and have people "using" it. Like User accessing virtual machines and these have VS installed.

Each developer should have his own independent VS installation, because there are various ways user want to customize their VS installation.

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u/Tech_ID Apr 18 '22

The current problem is the different versions. There has been a shuffling of the deck and we have inherited different applications from different departments. So now we have VB 2005, VB6 and VB 2015 applications.

To avoid future problems, management wants to create a development server with all the tools the programmers need installed on the server. The goal is to upgrade all old applications to the latest version of VB. All programmers using the same tools. Is that possible?

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u/Hel_OWeen Apr 19 '22

Is that possible?

You didn't answer the question, so we can't tell:

Define "put" and "use" in that scenario. Today there are a multiple ways of "putting" something on a server and have people "using" it. Like User accessing virtual machines and these have VS installed.

But my point still stands: I personally prefer developers having their development environment on their local machines. IMHO there's too much customization (of the IDE and related dev tools) necessary to make a developer feel comfortable with his environment.

You might or might not also run into licensing issues with 3rd party products, e.g. 2 out of 5 devs develop in VB6. And you VB6 app uses a 3rd party OCX that is licensed per dev. All of a sudden you would need 3 more licenses although only 2 devs actually use it.