Convert a VB project to C# Visual Studio 2012

Question

I have a fairly straight-forward question.

I have been working on a .NET web development project for about two weeks now, and I JUST got Visual Studio 2012 and I very much THOUGHT I had set it up to default to C# projects. Silly me.

I have not written a single solitary line of code yet, so when I finally roll up my sleeves and prepare to dive in to writing some code...I encounter the unpleasant surprise that I have developed the entire interface of the application without realizing this is a VB project, not a C# one.

I do not have ANY code to translate, I just want to know if there is a way to just change it over to C# without having to recreate the whole project in another file.

Answer 1

Since the work you've done is non .NET I recommend creating a new C# project and porting it over.

However I recommend:

• The VB.NET project is in source control and fully checked in
• You create a new C# project so you can work on them side-by-side

You can use a diff editor such as WinMerge to ensure the important files are moved and are kept the same relative to each other.