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Are you looking for a simple VB6/COM code converter to The Great Migrations Upgrade Wizard will help you get started in .NET?      If so you may be interested in our low-cost Standard License.  The Standard License allows you to operate the gmStudio Project Wizard. The Wizard will guide you with your upgrade effort and accelerate your progress.   It leads you through a step-by-step process to convert your create a gmStudio project for upgrading a VB6/ASP/COM system to either C# or VB.NET.  The  The Wizard offers a simplified, streamlined way of using the Great Migrations TechnologygmStudio. It requires only a few inputs and options, and it produces several useful outputs in a highly automated, repeatable manner.valuable outputs.  

Wizard Inputs

  • Source Type: VB6 system or ASP site
  • Location of Source Code and COM Files
  • Target Language: C# or VB.NET
  • Target Folder for Storing Results
  • Target Visual Studio Version
  • COM Desired COM Strategy: Stub Framework or Interop
  • Desired Code Style:  Extension Methods or VBNET Assembly using VBNET (Microsoft.VisualBasic) methods
  • Desired Visual Studio Version
  • Desired .NET Language: C# or VB.NET
  • Desired Folder for Saving Results

Wizard Outputs

  • .NET Application Projects and Code files generated from your Source Code using Default Rules
  • .NET Stub Framework or Interop Assemblies generated from COM COM dependencies
  • Metrics Reports and Logs
  • Visual Studio Solution File integrating .NET projects
  • gmStudio upgrade solution files organized in a workspace 

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Wizard-Only License

gmStudio is available with a /wiki/spaces/GMG/pages/1574811 that restricts users to running the Wizard to produce default translations.

  • The Lite Edition may be a good fit for organizations that want a quick, standard translation and detailed reports to help them expedite a more manual rewrite.
  • The Lite Edition does not allow customizing translation rules or reporting rules except through the options offered on the Upgrade Wizard Project Settings page.
  • The Lite Edition has a limited user interface: when running with Lite License, the gmStudio user interface is limited to the Upgrade Wizard form.