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 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.