opening existing VB6 projects in desktop version in Windows 11?

[madscijr]

I'm running Windows 11 Pro 24H2, OS build 26100.3476, with Visual Studio Community 2022 v17.13.4.

I'm looking to run the desktop version of AvaloniaVisualBasic6.

I followed the instructions to build, with the command

dotnet build AvaloniaVisualBasic.Desktop.csproj

which produced executable "AvaloniaVisualBasic.Desktop.exe".

(To see exact commands, see attached file "AvaloniaVisualBasic6-01-build-and-run.txt".)

I run the exe and it opens to the Open Project window.
I click the "Existing" tab which is blank.
I clicked File > Open project and navigated to my project's vbp file, and clicked Open.
Nothing happens.

Is it not possible to open projects?

Or do I need to configure it somehow or setup permissions somewhere?

Any help appreciated.

AvaloniaVisualBasic6-01-build-and-run.txt

[BAndysc]

Hey, I appreciate the question, and I'm glad yereverluvinunclebert provided you with a valid answer. This project was never meant to be a fully featured VB6 replacement. Well, it wasn't even meant to be a half-baked replacement. It was meant to be a toy, and there is no incentive to convert it into anything more than what it is now. The fact that there are still people coding in VB6 is amazing, but it's still a niche, so there's definitely no point in creating a TwinBasic competitor. :) Cheers!

[madscijr]

That makes sense. Just seeing it work in a web browser was amazing. If you guys could ever add the ability to just load and save projects, that would at least make it practically useful, but if you guys have moved onto other projects, I get it. I'll look into TwinBasic. Thanks for your reply!