---
title: "Debugging VB6 binaries in Visual Studio .NET"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/30/debugging-vb6-binaries-in-visual-studio-net.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/30/debugging-vb6-binaries-in-visual-studio-net.html"
published: "2005-01-30T13:32:00"
updated: "2005-01-30T13:32:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Rob Gruen has a excellent post on how to debug your VB6 code in Visual Studio .NET without the need to have the VB6 IDE open. [via Marty ]"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Debugging VB6 binaries in Visual Studio .NET

By Roy Osherove January 30, 2005 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published January 30, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

[_Rob Gruen_](http://weblogs.asp.net/robgruen) _has a_ [_excellent post_](http://weblogs.asp.net/robgruen/archive/2004/11/09/254602.aspx) _on how to debug your VB6 code in Visual Studio .NET without the need to have the VB6 IDE open._

\[via [Marty](http://www.little-garins.com/Blogs/marty/archive/2005/01/20/267.aspx)\]

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