- INDEX VB TO NET
- VB6 AI Migrator FEATURES
- CUSTOMIZATION AND EXTENSIBILITY
- USER EXTENSIBILITY AND CUSTOMIZATION
User Extensibility and Customization
Custom Mappings Extensibility
This approach allows VB6 AI Migrator users to specify customized mappings. The users can decide which elements to transform and what transformation to apply. Even though only simple mappings are allowed in this solution, the capabilities of this feature have been enough for some VB6 AI Migrator clients to specify around 20,000 customized mappings on their own and apply them successfully.
The custom mappings extensibility is even more powerful when combined with the development of custom helper classes. The helper classes can provide equivalent behavior when some functionality is not available in the target platform.
Custom Maps Editor
The custom maps editor is implemented as a VB6 AI Migrator Plug-in. It can be found under the tools menu in the main window of the VB6 AI Migrator’s GUI.
The controls placed on the editor provide the following functionalities: