The first step in porting an application from Visual C++ 6.0 on one platform to another platform is to port the project itself. After that, you can check source code for any changes that may be required, as described in Chapter 3, Porting Visual C++ Source Code.
Porting large projects to new platforms would be cumbersome if you had to re-create the project structure from scratch. Fortunately, the Visual C++ environment lets you specify new target platforms for existing projects. You may need to reset some options, but the file structure is preserved.
To move an existing x86 project to the Alpha platform
The next three sections, Copy Project Files, Specify New Configurations, and Reset Project Options, describe these steps.