gmStudio Release News: Thursday, December 20, 2018

Created by Mark Juras
Last updated: Dec 20, 2018

gmBasic: Upgrade Engine

gmBasic is a powerful code transformation tool that reads, interprets, and rewrites VB6/ASP/COM systems for .NET (using C# or VB.NET). We are always improving gmBasic and the core upgrade rule set to make them more robust and flexible so that they produce cleaner, more correct results. This distribution, Version 30.78, includes several enhancements:

  • Improves handling of TabIndex on Labels and Frames to more closely match VB6 Tab Order behavior in WinForms
  • Improves migration of File System ListBox controls to WinForms
  • Adds support for setting Library.ImplicitByRef and Library.AssemblyName in Migrate commands
  • Improves handling of name clash between a class and an enclosed User-Defined-Type
  • Adds support for renaming a User-Defined Types by accepting the migName attribute in the Interface Description Files

gmStudio: Upgrade Solution Development Environment

Powered by gmBasic, gmStudio is a development environment for creating high-performance, custom VB6/ASP/COM to .NET upgrade solutions. We are always adding functionality to gmStudio and making it easier to use. This distribution includes several enhancements:

  • Improves Splash Screen at startup

gmSLAPI: a .NET API for Developing Advanced Upgrade Solutions

Powered by gmBasic, gmslAPI is a .NET API for automating the gmBasic upgrade engine and accessing the semantic models produced by our unique linguistic compilation technology. gmSLAPI also includes classes to facilitate integrating with gmStudio and managing complex upgrade rules. The API was updated to reflect the latest product improvements and conventions.

Sample Upgrade Rules

gmStudio ships with a collection of sample upgrade rules that can be used to add custom features to your upgrade solution. These XML documents and gmSL scripts are distributed as source that you may modify to fit your unique requirements. The sample rules were updated to reflect the latest product improvements and conventions.

Sample Upgrade Solutions

Great Migrations publishes a number of sample VB6/ASP upgrade solutions to illustrate the capabilities of gmStudio. The sample upgrade solutions were updated to reflect the latest product improvements and conventions.

  • Corrects handling of File System ListBox controls in ScanTool Sample
  • Improves handling of TabIndex on Labels and Frames to more closely match VB6 Tab Order behavior in WinForms