Product Release: Thursday, June 9, 2016

Jun 9, 2016

gmBasic: Upgrade Engine

gmBasic is a programming language processor that reads, interprets, and rewrites VB6/ASP/COM as .NET code (C# or VB.NET). We are always improving gmBasic so that it is more flexible and produces cleaner, more correct .NET code. This distribution contains Version 30.28 of the upgrade engine and metalanguage files which includes several enhancements:

Improves upgrading Friend scope modifier to internal for C# and Friend for VB.NET
Improves upgrading goSub to separate functions
Improves recognizing complex expressions of collections with default properties containing collections
Improves inferring rank of multi-dimensional arrays from usage
Improves handling of Const Double with computed values
Improves upgrading nested On Error Goto blocks to try-catch
Improve handling of static local variables

gmStudio: Upgrade Development Environment

gmStudio is a development environment for building custom VB6/ASP/COM to .NET upgrade solutions. We are always improving gmStudio so that it is more helpful and easier to use. This distribution contains the latest build of gmStudio which includes several enhancements:

Adds VS2015support choosing Framework v4.6.1 by default
Improves the Generate Visual Studio Solution function to support VS2010 and higher
Adds Float/Dock Window and Alternate Panel Layout behavior to Search TabPage
Improves COM References Report to identify COM type libraries that wrap interop assemblies
Improves License Request to allow non-Project-Specific request option
Improves Source References Report to indicate if a reference is to an .NET interop assembly
Corrects issues with Wizard settings and project results not saving
Corrects problem with exceeding license limit on Project Setup Form

Sample Upgrade Solutions

Great Migrations publishes a number of VB6/ASP upgrade solution samples to illustrate the capabilities of gmStudio. All of the samples were updated to reflect the latest product improvements and conventions. All samples now target VS2013 although you may easily modify them to target VS2010 or VS2015.