vb.net to asp.net

[jamie123]

Hi, we're creating a windows forms application with vb.net. Recently, we've discussed putting the program online. We're using sqlserver 2005 as a back end and the program is decently large. Where would I go about getting information on conversion? Can windows forms applications even be converted to online asp.net?

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[jmcilhinney]

There is no automated tool that I'm aware of that will convert a WinForms app to an ASP.NET web app. The UI layers of the two technologies are very, very different. This is an example of why building n-tier apps is a good idea. If you've separated your data access, business logic and presentation layers, all you need to do is create a new ASP.NET presentation layer and the rest will work as is. If you've jumbled all the logic in together, as everyone does to begin with and many continue to do their entire careers, this sort of migration is difficult because you basically have to start from scratch, copying and pasting the bits that you can.