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ArtinSoft and Gizmox team up to port VB apps to the Web


By David Worthington
September 10, 2009 — 
Gizmox, which produces an AJAX development framework, is partnering with software transformation service maker ArtinSoft to create a solution for customers to port Visual Basic 6 (VB6) applications to the Web.

A two-step migration solution will be commercially available in November after Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference, said Navot Peled, CEO and founder of Gizmox.

Customers use ArtinSoft's VB Migration Services to transform VB6 applications into Common Intermediate Language; they can then be compiled into a .NET language, he explained. The code can then be copied and pasted into Gizmox's Visual WebGUI AJAX development framework, which can generate a presentation layer in HTML or Silverlight 3. Flash support is planned, said Peled.

The solution also works for .NET Windows Forms applications. ArtinSoft has ported many third-party COM controls to .NET, and Visual WebGUI can import .NET controls, Peled noted.

Alternatively, customers will be able to use Visual WebGUI to migrate applications to Windows Azure. "Visual WebGUI is enabling the same desktop environment [that the VB6 app runs in] off premises," Peled said. "There is no adjustment. Everything is included in the runtime of the application."

VB6 applications use less bandwidth and consume fewer CPU cycles than .NET applications, he said. "Visual WebGUI users will see much lower bills on Windows Azure or any other cloud infrastructure."

Customers can pay per line of code for ArtinSoft's service, or they can purchase the tool, Peled said. Visual WebGUI is offered on a per-seat pricing basis. The two tools are being integrated, and the combined version will be available at the beginning of 2010, he added.


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