AUSTIN, Texas-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- REAL Software, creator of REALbasic, a cross-platform development tool for creating software for Mac, Windows, and Linux, today announced the availability of their new VB Migration Assistant to help developers migrate their applications from VB to REALbasic. Using the VB Migration Assistant developers can more easily port their code to REALbasic, instead of using the tedious copy/paste method.

The VB Migration Assistant allows users to map VB controls to specific REALbasic controls and move forms, classes and modules to a REALbasic project. Further, the Migration Assistant copies over all of the code and comments it out, which allows users to convert code one method at a time.

"Converting from Visual Basic 6 to REALbasic isn't complicated," commented Bob Keeney, a longtime REALbasic user. "The new VB Migration Assistant promises to save you hours of grunt work in converting a Visual Basic 6 project to REALbasic."

The VB Migration Assistant works with VB5 and VB6 projects, and is available for download now at http://www.realsoftware.com/download. REALbasic and REAL Studio are available for download on Mac, Windows and Linux, and are both available in 30-day trials.

About REALbasic / REAL Studio

REALbasic / REAL Studio is a full-featured cross-platform software development tool suited to creating a wide range of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class applications. REALbasic Personal Edition for Windows, Linux and Mac is priced at $99. REALbasic Professional Edition, required for cross-platform compilation, is $299. REAL Studio, geared for full-time developers, is $995. All editions of REALbasic and REAL Studio are now available and can be downloaded directly from REAL Software at http://www.realsoftware.com/download.

About REAL Software

REAL Software provides REALbasic and REAL Studio, an object-oriented cross-platform software development tool, and REAL Server, a cross-platform database server, for developers who want to create and deliver software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. REAL Software was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas. For more information visit www.realsoftware.com or call 866-825-2114. To view the REAL Software Blog visit http://www.realsoftwareblog.com.