Vbupgrade Command-Line Syntax

The Vbupgrade.exe command-line tool upgrades a Visual Basic 6.0 application to Visual Basic 2008.

vbupgrade[.exe] inputname [/out outputname] [/verbose [/nolog [/logfile logfilename]]]
vbupgrade[.exe] /? 

Arguments

  • inputname
    Required.

    Specifies the path and file name of the Visual Basic 6.0 project to be upgraded.

  • /outoutputname
    Specifies the path for the folder where the Visual Basic 2008 project will be created. The default path is \OutDir.

  • /verbose
    Displays all output to the Command Prompt window during upgrade.

  • /nolog
    Does not create a log file during upgrade.

  • /logfilelogfilename
    Specifies the path and file name for the log file created during upgrade. If the path and file name are not specified, a log file is created in the same folder as the Visual Basic 2008 project. The default file name is ProjectFileName.log, where ProjectFileName is the name of the project file.

  • /?
    Displays a list of command-line options.

Remarks

Paths or file names that contain spaces must be surrounded by quotation marks.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Upgrade a Project from the Command Line

Reference

Upgrade Wizard