Creating a desk band or Converting C# to VB.NET 3

[tommyboyau]

Hi Guys,
I want to create a desk band, sort of like the google toolbar.
However, the only code I can find is in C#.

The full program in C# can be found here:

http://www.thecodeproject.com/csharp/dotnetbandobjects.asp

I don't know c# so the question i'm asking is: Can someone either point me in the direction of the same thing in VB.Net or convert this to VB.Net for me?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

Here are the two free I know to conver C# to VB.NET

http://authors.aspalliance.com/aldotnet/examples/translate.aspx

http://www.kamalpatel.net/ConvertCSharp2VB.aspx

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[ZmrAbdulla]

Did you able to convert the code?

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[tommyboyau]

Zmr,
I'm having a little trouble but i'm trying.
I'm a bit confused by the program itself but I will see how I go. I was going to wait a few days and hopefully tell you that I was sucessful, however, I might just repost if I have problems

Thanks for the links!

Tom

 

[NoCoolHandle]

Tommy,

a few months ago, I managed to delete all my working .vb files in an aspx application.

What I found (that solved my probmes) was a couple of Decompliers that enabled me to point to my .dll and then gave me the choice of langage to decompile to..
vb c# etc.. (I did an amazing job and put me back on track)

If I am correct this link should get you there.

http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/

Very cool and lets me know how basic my knowledge is when otehr people can do this!

If you compile the cSharp app, you could then use the reflector to decompile to vb..

HTH

Rob

 

[tommyboyau]

Rob,
Thanks for that link!
I will have a look at that in the next few days too! What a great idea.

Thanks for your assistance.

Tom.

 

[SBendBuckeye]

Thanks for the links Zameer! Here are a few things to be aware of when using them.

A. Neither of them take into account the fact that VB.Net is NOT case sensitive so module level variables will conflict with property names due to the only difference being capitalization. Prefix module level names with m or m_ and change corresponding properties to use module level variables instead of Me.PropertyName.

Private name As String
   
Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
   Get
      Return Me.name
   End Get
End Property

should be something like this

Private mName As String
   
Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String
   Get
      Return mName
   End Get
End Property

http://authors.aspalliance.com/aldotnet/examples/translate.aspx

1. See A above
2. MultiLine comments have an additional CrLf which needs to be removed

/* Example
 * Line2
 * Line3
/*

translates to

' Example
'
 * Line2
'
 * Line3
'

instead of

'Example
'* Line2
'* Line3
'

3. Leading left curly brace { after NameSpace converts to _
4. Incorrectly converts auto commenting

/// <summary>
/// Summary description for Options.
/// </summary>

translates to (note leading space at beginning of first line only)

 '/ <summary>
'/ Summary description for Options.
'/ </summary>

instead of

''' <summary>
''' Summary description for Options.
''' </summary>

http://www.kamalpatel.net/ConvertCSharp2VB.aspx

1. See A above
2. Does not create module level variables correctly

readonly string name;

translates to

ReadOnly name As String

instead of

Private name As String

3. Does NOT handle auto comments at all (eg /// Comment) - causes error page
4. Checking for Try/Catch so FileEntry becomes FileEnTry
5. Does not translate constructor properly

public Class1(string name)

translates to

Private Function Class1(ByVal name As String) As Public

instead of

Public Sub New(ByVal name As String)

Hopefully this will help someone out somewhere along the line...

Have a great day!

j2consulting@yahoo.com

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

Thanks SBendBuckeye, I am still new to VB.NET with little knowledge of VB(A). Still can't understand the differences in deep.

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[SBendBuckeye]

Hello Zameer,

Basically you can ignore most of them for now. The first link is the better link. Here is what you need to watch out for the most. C# is case sensitive so it will convert something like this:

Private myProperty As String

Public Property MyProperty As String
   Get
      Return myProperty
   End Get
   Set(value As String)
      myProperty = value
   End Set
End Property

Since VB.Net is NOT case sensitive, you will get a compile error saying that you have duplicate definitions for MyProperty. This is due to the Propery and module level variable being named MyProperty and myProperty respectively. What you need to do is change the private module level variable myProperty to m_myProperty or something like that. As soon as you change one of them so they are no longer the same, you will be able to compile cleanly. Good Luck!



Have a great day!

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[vasu2005]

Hello all,

I have a code which is in C# and have to convert it into ASP.NET. Does any one have any web site which would take care of this.

Thanks,

Vasu