Open VB6 form design properties in a text file just like we have .Designer.vb file for VB.NET

I am working on a particular project where the VB6 forms need to be ported to VB.NET forms automatically. So to do that i need VB6 windows form design properties file. Is there any way to get the complete design properties of the form in the text file where it can be read. I have tried opening the form (i.e .frm extension) using notepad but cant get all the properties,It displays only few properties for a particular element.

Solution

Well, you could open the .frm file in your explorer with an Text Editor like Notepad++.

In the top you will see the Designer code for this Form.

But you will see, that the code is not compatible with VB.NET.

Here an example for a VB6 Button:

Begin VB.CommandButton btnSaveFilter 
      Height          =   330
      HelpContextID   =   2283012
      Left            =   630
      MaskColor       =   &H00FF00FF&
      Picture         =   "frmMain.frx":08CC
      Style           =   1  
      TabIndex        =   31
      Top             =   6030
      UseMaskColor    =   -1  
      Width           =   330
End