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I am sorry about my lacking of VB knowledge(I am not a VB or .net developer), I adopted a very old and simple plug-in software, which probably was wrote by VB or VB.NET, the source code includes the files with the flowing suffix. 

.dsx; .frm; .frx; msi; ,res; .sln; .vbp; .wip; .Dsr; .cls; .frm;

Here is the content of .sln file:

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 1.00
Project("{73393D18-DAC4-11D1-88FC-0000F8064EBB}") = "Agile Plugin", "AgilePlugin.wip", "    {17DC5F11-9B32-47FE-9F12-71923EC1C0DC}"
EndProject
Global
GlobalSection(LocalDeployment) = postSolution
    StartupProject = {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
EndGlobalSection
GlobalSection(BuildOrder) = postSolution
    0 = {17DC5F11-9B32-47FE-9F12-71923EC1C0DC}
EndGlobalSection
GlobalSection(DeploymentRoot) = postSolution
EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

Here is a part of the content of .cls file:

VERSION 1.0 CLASS
BEGIN
  MultiUse = -1  'True
  Persistable = 0  'NotPersistable
  DataBindingBehavior = 0  'vbNone
  DataSourceBehavior  = 0  'vbNone
  MTSTransactionMode  = 0  'NotAnMTSObject
END
Attribute VB_Name = "EventClassModule"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = True
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = False
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Option Explicit
Option Base 1

Public WithEvents App As Application
Attribute App.VB_VarHelpID = -1
Public WithEvents Proj As Project
Attribute Proj.VB_VarHelpID = -1

Dim NewTaskIDs() As Long
Dim NumNewTasks As Long

Can somebody advise me the program was wrote by VB or VB.NET? and which Visual Studio can edit it? I tried VS 2008 but get an error which says: "Cannot be opened because its project type(.wip) is not supported by this version of Visual studio".

Thanks very much..

Joel Coehoorn
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That's VB6 with a Visual Installer based setup project.

They are no longer supported.

Deanna
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    There is no place that you can legally just download VS6 for free, you'll need to purchase it. It used to be available to MSDN subscribers, I would check there first. Otherwise you can still buy it online https://www.google.com/search?q=visual+basic+6&tbm=shop – Chris Haas May 02 '12 at 16:05
  • There are other questions about where to get VB6. Briefly: Chris is correct. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1766514/any-cheap-or-free-ides-out-there-for-vb6-programming – MarkJ May 02 '12 at 18:38
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    The VB6 IDE is no longer supported. The runtime is still supported. – MarkJ May 02 '12 at 18:39
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    The VB6 runtime is even supported in Windows 8. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ms788708 – Dabblernl May 03 '12 at 07:45
  • The .cls may be VB6, but that .sln is VB.NET, no? – tcarvin May 03 '12 at 11:51
  • Ah, they used Visual Studio .NET to build an install for a VB6 app? – tcarvin May 03 '12 at 11:53
  • I guess .sln should be solution file of Visual studio, how could you think they used Visual Studio .NET to build an install for a VB6 app? – C.c May 03 '12 at 13:18