What's New in GAPVelocity AI: VB6 AI Migrator 11.2 and ByteInsight 6.1

Your modernization toolkit just got sharper. Here's what's new across both products — and why it matters for your next migration project.

We've been busy. This quarter brings meaningful updates to two core products in the GAPVelocity AI Modernization Studio: VB6 AI Migrator 11.2 and ByteInsight 6.1. Both releases reflect the same philosophy — give teams better visibility into their legacy code and a faster, cleaner path out of it.

Here's what shipped and why we're excited about it.

VB6 AI Migrator 11: Cleaner Output, Smarter Architecture

The VB6 AI Migrator is our deterministic AI engine that automatically converts Visual Basic 6.0 applications into modern C#/.NET applications. It's predictable by design: the same input always produces the same output. That matters when you're migrating revenue-critical or regulated systems where traceability and auditability aren't optional.

Version 11.2 focuses on a problem that anyone managing a large-scale VB6 migration knows well: shared files across multiple projects.

The Shared File Problem, Solved

Legacy VB6 applications often share source files across projects. In previous versions, VB6 AI Migrator handled this by duplicating logic to keep each project compiling independently. It was functional, but it created bloated output and long-term maintenance headaches.

VB6 AI Migrator 11.2 takes a fundamentally different approach. Shared file generation has been reengineered using compilation directives, allowing multiple versions of logic to coexist cleanly within the same file. The result is a modular, centralized source structure instead of scattered copies.

In practice, this leads to:

• Drastically less redundant code across your migrated projects
• Centralized source files that are easier to maintain and test
• Consistent logic across the entire application landscape
• A cleaner foundation for future enhancements

For teams managing migrations with dozens of interrelated projects, this is a significant quality improvement that compounds over the life of the modernized application.

Performance and Fidelity Improvements

Beyond shared file handling, version 11.2 includes targeted improvements that make the migrated output behave more like a native .NET application:

• Smarter discard handling for better runtime performance
• Expanded interpolated string support for more idiomatic C# output
• True DBGrid and EditLib improvements for better control mapping in UI-heavy applications
• Support for Visual Studio 2026 so you can use the latest capabilities that Visual Studio has to offer

These aren't flashy features, but they're the kind of refinements that reduce post-migration cleanup and get teams to production faster.

ByteInsight 6.1: Now Sees Inside Your Access Databases

ByteInsight is our FREE code assessment tool and the first step in any modernization engagement. ByteInsight scans legacy codebases and produces a detailed analysis: line counts, complexity assessments, technology breakdowns, and modernization effort estimates. Think of it as the X-ray before the surgery.

Version 6.1 addresses a long-standing blind spot: Microsoft Access databases.

Access Files Are No Longer a Black Box

Access databases (.mdb and .accdb files) are deceptively complex. They often contain substantial embedded VBA code: forms, modules, macros, and business logic that's invisible to file-level scanning.

Previously, ByteInsight could only measure Access files by size. That meant assessments were underestimating the true modernization effort whenever Access databases were in the picture. In our experience, they almost always are for organizations running VB6 applications.

ByteInsight 6.1 changes this. A new integrated VBA Extractor automatically cracks open Access files and analyzes the embedded code. You now get:

• Actual line counts from embedded VBA modules, forms, and macros
• Complexity assessments that reflect the real logic inside the database, not just its file size
• Technology classification for extracted code that is properly categorized as VB6 technology with detailed file counts and extension breakdowns

This is a meaningful improvement for anyone scoping a modernization project. Accurate assessment leads to accurate estimates, which leads to fewer surprises mid-migration.

Better Together: Why These Releases Matter as a Pair

These two releases are complementary by design. ByteInsight 6.1's new Access analysis capability feeds directly into the modernization pipeline that VB6 AI Migrator 11.2 delivers against. When your assessment tool can see the full picture including the VBA logic hidden inside Access databases, your migration plan starts from a position of clarity.

For teams running the full GAPVelocity AI workflow, the path now looks like this:

1. Assess with ByteInsight 6.1: Get a complete, accurate picture of your legacy landscape, Access files included
2. Migrate with VB6 AI Migrator 11.2: Convert VB6 to clean, modern C#/.NET with better shared file handling and more idiomatic output
3. Modernize to web and cloud: Use our Blazor migration capabilities and consulting services to take the application to its final state and deploy to Azure

Each step builds on the last, and each release makes its respective step more reliable.

Get Started

VB6 AI Migrator 11.2 is available now. Explore the updated documentation or start a free trial.

ByteInsight 6.1 is available now. Run a free assessment on your codebase to see the new Access analysis in action.

Have questions or want to talk through a modernization strategy? Reach out to our engineering team. We're happy to help you figure out the right approach for your stack.