How to move an old VC6 project to VS2010 using Daffodil

Question

Recently, I am interested in this project. I have an old project made in VC6, which I hear is a great development environment, but does not work smoothly on my machine. I also do not know how to work with this. A full flight to the 2010/12 project is a big time, and I wonder:

• Can someone share some basic information on how to use this tool? I searched a lot and could not find anything more comprehensive than the site.

• What specific old VC6 tools do I need to work on Daffodil? (compiler, linker, etc.), where are they located on the installed machine?

Answer 1

To create a project in VS 2010:

• Verify that the VC 6 build tools are installed and working.
• Make sure that VS 2010 and Daffodil are up and running.
• Open the VS 6 workspace in VS 2010.
  A. In Explorer, right-click the VS 6 workspace file (* .dsw).
  B. Select "Open With" → Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
  C. Migrate on request.
• Change the platform toolkit to v60.
  A. Right-click the project and select Properties.
  B. On the General page, install Platform Toolset on v60.
• Build.

Answer 2

A quick read tells me that the concept of "Daffodil" is to use the VC6 compiler with ID2 VS2010. Therefore, you will not run VS6 on your computer. You just need a VC6 compiler and linker.

Answer 3

Start by having Vs2012 transfer the project and see if it’s not working properly. Newer compilers are much better - if you have experienced the pain of conversion.