gmStudio Configuration Form

Configuration Files Panel

The Configuration Files Panel allows you to view and edit various types of translator Configuration Files.

Types of Configuration Files

The types of Configuration Files described here are:

Project Configuration
- Migration File: the gmproj file currently loaded in the tool.
- User Files: All *.xml, *.txt, and *.cmd files in the workspace\usr folder and its subdirectories (i.e. translation script template files and other migration rules files). These may be compared with system default configuration files where applicable.
- COM Descriptions: All COM interface description files (IDFs) in your workspace\usr. These may be compared with the IDFs generated from COM binaries where applicable.
gmStudio Options
- Template Files, default templates used to set up new migration projects such as translation Script templates, batch script templates.
- Application Settings: The gmStudio.cfg file containing various settings that govern behavior of gmStudio. Details on this file are provided as comments within the file itself.
- Samples Rule Sets: Customized COM IDFs and other gmBasic scripts that may be incorporated into your upgrade solution to produce custom upgrade results.
System Defaults
- Language Files, files which configure the default processing behavior of the translator. These files are compiled into the binary metalanguage file that is used by gmBasic when it does a translation.
- Interface Description Files: files which configure the default processing behavior of the translator. These files are loaded as text by gmBasic when it does a translation.
- StartUp File: the gmBasic.xml file that directs the tool to the binary metalanguage file and provides settings for several system variables.

Updating the Translator Configuration

The Configuration files form also is used to rebuild the binary metalanguage file and configure the tool to use project-specific metalanguage settings. The page, Custom Language Replacement **** describes how you can customize the replacement of VB6 language elements during a migration.

User Defaults Panel

The User Defaults Panel facilitates editing the most frequently customized application configuration settings. Clicking [Save] writes these settings to the application config file.

Sample Settings for Text Editor

VBScript Code to Start/Activate Visual Studio with a File@Line

Visual Studio 2013

Text Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
GoTo Line Command Line /edit ‘%path%’ /command ‘edit.goto %pos%’

Visual Studio 2017 (and higher)

Text Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
GoTo Line Command Line /edit ‘%path%’ /command ‘edit.goto %pos%’

Launch Visual Studio Using VBScript

Click to expand

filepath = WScript.Arguments(0)
if Wscript.Arguments.Count=2 then
   line = WScript.Arguments(1)
else
   line = 1
end if

On Error Resume Next

' try to get running instance
Set dte = getObject(,"VisualStudio.DTE.15.0") ' VS2017 (from registry depending on installed version)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
   Err.Clear
   ' try to get new instance
   Set dte = WScript.CreateObject("VisualStudio.DTE")
End If

If Err.Number = 0 Then
   ' activate instance
   dte.MainWindow.Activate
   dte.MainWindow.Visible = True
   dte.UserControl = True

   ' load file
   dte.ItemOperations.OpenFile filepath
   ' try to to line
   dte.ActiveDocument.Selection.MoveToLineAndOffset line, 1

   ' formulate title bar
   Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile(filepath)
   filename = objFSO.GetFileName(filepath)
   appTitle = filename & " - Microsoft Visual Studio"

   ' bring to instance front
   Set ObjShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
   ObjShell.AppActivate(appTitle)
Else
   msgBox "Unable to start VS for " & vbcrlf & filepath & vbcrlf & appTitle
End If

NotePad++

Text Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
GoTo Line Command Line -n%pos% ‘%path%’

Visual Studio Code

Text Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe
GoTo Line Command Line -goto ‘%path%’:%pos%:1

Sample Settings for Comparison Tool

Beyond Compare https://www.scootersoftware.com/

Program Path: C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe

Comparison Command Line: cmd.exe /C pushd ‘%LogFolder%’ && ‘%DiffExe%’ ‘%1%’ ‘%2%’ && popd (works for files and folders)

VSCode https://code.visualstudio.com/

Program Path: C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe

Comparison Command Line: cmd.exe /C pushd ‘%LogFolder%’ && ‘%DiffExe%’ —diff ‘%1%’ ‘%2%’ && popd

Project File Panel

The Project File Panel facilitates editing global settings in your project configuration file (gmProj file).