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Major Release: Mon, 09-Feb-2015

gmBasic: VB6/ASP/COM Upgrade Engine

Section titled “gmBasic: VB6/ASP/COM Upgrade Engine”
  • Upgrades translation engine and default metalanguage files to version 20.03.00
  • Improves generated code to reduce .NET build errors and further increase semantic accuracy
  • Improves With Block handling
  • Improves Error Handling in general and On Error Resume Next in particular (C#)
  • Improves Error Handling in general and On Error Resume Next in particular (VBN + UsetryCatch)
  • Improves GoSub when labeled block does not have a Return statement

gmStudio: Solution Development Environment

Section titled “gmStudio: Solution Development Environment”
  • Improves support for Project-Specific licensing and pricing model
  • Improves licensing so that one license file may be used with different project signature files
  • Improves Translation status detection and reporting when code authoring is deliberately blocked or omitted

Sample Upgrade Solutions

Section titled “Sample Upgrade Solutions”
  • Upgrades all standard samples to reflect the latest tool and runtime support improvements.

Sample Upgrade Rules

Section titled “Sample Upgrade Rules”
  • Improves Windows Common Controls (MSCOMCTL) to WinForms rules

Runtime Library

Section titled “Runtime Library”
  • Adds a ResumeNext function to try-catch all of the operations in block of code (beta)
  • Improves Data Access library
  • Improves VB6 enumerations for stub generation

Minor Release: Thursday, 22-Jan-2015

gmBasic Translation Engine

Section titled “gmBasic Translation Engine”
  • Upgrades translation engine and default metalanguage files to V20.03B8
  • Improves accuracy and consistency of generated code to reduce .NET build errors
  • Improved Handling of With Blocks
  • Improves metalanguage file idf\MigrationSupport.dll.xml
  • Improves metalanguage file lang\authorText.gmsl
  • Improves metalanguage file lang\VBASIC.XML
  • Improves metalanguage file lang\vbcontrols.xml
  • Improves metalanguage file lang\vbmethods.xml
  • Improves metalanguage file lang\vbconstants.xml
  • Improves metalanguage file lang\opcodes.xml
  • Improves metalanguage file lang\VB7Lang.xml
  • Improves metalanguage file lang\wpfSubsystem.gmsl

gmStudio IDE

Section titled “gmStudio IDE”
  • Improves Registration Form layout to support project-specific licensing
  • Improves About gmStudio report to reflect project-specific licensing
  • Renames trancfg\lang to trancfg\metalang

Sample Upgrade Solutions and Rules

Section titled “Sample Upgrade Solutions and Rules”
  • Improves fmStocks Web site upgrade sample

Runtime Library

Section titled “Runtime Library”
  • No changes

Major Release: Monday, 12-Jan-2015

gmBasic VB6/ASP/COM Processor (V20.03.B6)

Section titled “gmBasic VB6/ASP/COM Processor (V20.03.B6)”
  • Improves accuracy and consistency of generated code to reduce .NET build errors
  • Improves event handling setup for VB.NET to use AddHandler exclusively
  • Improves handling of Implements statements
  • Improves handling of LCID attribute in COM API definitions
  • Improves type inference logic
  • Adds type Char as a refinement for symbols that were type Byte in VB6/COM

gmStudio IDE

Section titled “gmStudio IDE”
  • Improves Code Structure Report to reduce false positive duplicate file
  • Improves IDF Scan report to show full location more accurate
  • Improves Project-Specific Metalang file activation/deactivation
  • Improves VS2013 Solution File Generation to correctly support VB.NET and mixed languages solutions
  • Add Search and Report Symbol Tables
  • Adds support for Project-Specific Licensing
  • Adds AllowMixedLangSln application config setting to allow mixed languages solution file generation
  • Improves reference report to include classes instantiated in a With statement

Sample Upgrade Rules

Section titled “Sample Upgrade Rules”
  • Adds GM.MSOUTL_Interop.OLB.xml
  • Adds GM.Comsvcs_to_EnterpriseServices.dll.xml
  • Improves GM.richtx32.ocx.xml
  • Improves GM.scrrun.dll.xml
  • Improves GM.TABCTL32.OCX.xml and TabctlTransform.gmsl
  • Improves GM.ADODB_to_DataLib.dll.xml
  • Improves GM.COMDLG32.OCX.xml
  • Improves GM.Comsvcs.dll.xml
  • Improves GM.MSCOMCTL.OCX.xml

gmRuntime Library

Section titled “gmRuntime Library”
  • Adds On Error Resume Next handling using runtime IL Injection (beta)

Major Release: Sunday, 23-Nov-2014

gmBasic VB6/ASP/COM Processor (V20.03.B2)

Section titled “gmBasic VB6/ASP/COM Processor (V20.03.B2)”
  • Improves accuracy and consistency of generated code to reduce .NET build errors
  • Adds support for custom CodeStyle.DLL (Naming Conventions, Dictionary to Generics.Dictionary; VB.Collection to Generics.List, Formatting, etc.) Contact us for a demo.
  • Improves Handling of Controls.Add
  • Improves Handling of CInt(Date)

gmStudio IDE

Section titled “gmStudio IDE”
  • Improves handling of gmSL code elements in translation scripts
  • Adds Semantics Symbols Search
  • Improves layout of Search Panel
  • Improves ASP Line counting logic to show LOC details for site script
  • Adds Compiler Audit Report — shows system model before analyzer modifications
  • Renames Audit Report to Analyzer Audit Report — shows system model after analyzer modifications
  • Adds double-click Reference Panel to load interface description file
  • Improves folder format consistency in project file
  • Improves handling of floating point numeric constants in IDL generation
  • Adds Help/Samples menu item
  • Corrects problem with Help/Documentation menu item
  • Adds %TaskGuid% Script Variable (e.g. for setting ProjectGuid in .NET project file)
  • Improves activation of project-specific mega-language files
  • Begins work to support project-specific licensing
  • Modifies Trial License limits: VB6=11K LOIC, ASP=5K LOC
  • Adds ‘Notes’ records to Translation Log Report

Samples

Section titled “Samples”

The sample upgrade solutions have been updated and several impressive new samples have been added. All samples produce functional code in both C# and VB.NET (unless noted otherwise).

  • FMStocks (updated) a set of DLLs and an ASP site that implement simplified stock trading application
    Illustrates ASP to ASP.NET upgrade, Shared file Consolidation, and COM Replacements
  • Waves (updated) a stand-alone graphics/mathematics application
    Illustrates upgrading advanced forms, graphics, and mathematics logic
  • vb3DDefine (updated) a stand-alone graphics/mathematics application
    Illustrates upgrading advanced forms graphics and mathematics logic

Sample Rules

Section titled “Sample Rules”
  • Improves GM.ADODB_to_DataLib.dll.xml
  • Improves GM.EXCEL_Interop.EXE.XML
  • Improves GM.MSCOMCTL.OCX.xml
  • Improves GM.MSCOMCT2_Winforms.OCX.XML
  • Improves GM.SCRRUN.DLL
  • Improves TabctlTransform.gmsl

gmRuntime Library

Section titled “gmRuntime Library”
  • Adds members to ADODB Emulation
  • Adds enums and members to Utils

10/24/2014 Major Release

New Upgrade Solution Samples!

The sample upgrade solutions have been updated and several impressive new samples have been added. All samples produce functional code in both C# and VB.NET (unless noted otherwise).

  • WPFScanTool (new) an EXE and DLL that implement a file analysis application
    Demonstrates VB6 forms to C#/Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
  • FMStocks (updated) a set of DLLs and an ASP site that implement simplified stock trading application
    Illustrates ASP to ASP.NET upgrade, Shared file Consolidation, and COM Replacements
  • Waves (new) a stand-alone graphics/mathematics application
    Illustrates upgrading advanced forms, graphics, and mathematics logic
  • vb3DDefine (new) a stand-alone graphics/mathematics application
    Illustrates upgrading advanced forms graphics and mathematics logic to C#
  • Calculator (new) a stand-alone calculator application
    Illustrates control arrays and copy/paste through the clipboard
  • StringEvaluator (new) a stand-alone arithmetic and function evaluator
    Illustrates Win32 API replacements, complex logic, and resource management
  • FileExplorer (updated) an stand-alone implements a simple directory explorer application
    Illustrates COM replacement and ActiveX controls to WinForms controls
  • ScanTool (updated) an EXE and DLL that implement a file/directory analysis application
    Illustrates VB6/COM/Win32 to .NET WinForms upgrade.

gmBasic VB6/ASP/COM Processor (V20.02.00)

  • Improves accuracy and consistency of upgraded code
  • Improves details stored in COM description files
  • Improves conditional compilation capability
  • Improves stub assembly generation

gmStudio IDE

  • Adds Visual Studio Solution File Generation feature
  • Improves project-specific metalanguage file management on Settings form
  • Improves XML handling and use read-only access as appropriate
  • Improves ScriptRule process with additional features, comments, and samples
  • Improves IDF log information in References panel
  • Adds support for using subsystem-specific deployment folder settings from template.xml file
  • Adds OLE Control interface to meta-language file vbb6control.dcl.xml
  • Improves resolution of custom translation script path
  • Improves remote registration and licensing support
  • Improves missing reference messages in .NET Build Log report
  • Adds ScriptRule to activate WPF

gmRuntime Library

  • Adds runtime library support for VB6 Graphics and Forms conventions in WinForms and WPF