Why does VB Migration Partner emit more warnings than Microsoft Upgrade Wizard?
• In general VB Migration Partner emits more migration warnings than Upgrade Wizard (included in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008) or other VB6 migration tools from other vendors, a detail that might mistakenly bring you to the conclusion that VB Migration Partner is less precise than other tools on the market. The truth is just the opposite. In fact, just counting the number of warnings is simply misleading. The main reason for this abundance of messages is that VB Migration Parter is able to spot many more potential errors than its competitors, which in turn allows you to anticipate many incorrect runtime behaviors that would bring to exceptions or just bogus results. To give an idea of how many potential problems Upgrade Wizard ignores, just browse this page and this page. Next, keep in mind that – unlike other VB6 migration tools – VB Migration Partner lets you decide which warnings should be emitted and which ones should be hidden – by means of the DisableMessage and DisableMessages pr
