I have a client with a very badly written VB 6.0 application that uses an Access 2000 DB. The application was written using no-longer supported widgets and has to be slowed down to run on the faster machines, it doesn’t run on others. They have also outgrown the Access DB. They are upgrading to XP. I hear VB is soon to be non-supported by MS; VB.net is the new word. Are there any recommendations/ suggestions from anyone as to what would be a better application, DB and language to rewrite this project in? Cost effectiveness would be a plus. (I know Oracle is great, but don’t have that in house. SQL Server is available.) Reuse of forms/ feel would also be a plus. Please give me reasons why your recommendation would be a good idea for my consideration.
