VB Converter

VB Converter add-in is specifically designed for organizations wanting to convert entire VB applications to Java.

VB Converter installs with a Java implementation of Microsoft's ActiveX Data Objects, called jADO. The VB Converter toolbar seamlessly integrates with the Visual Basic development environment for enhanced control.

Here are some key features of "VB Converter":

￭ Generates Java source (entirely all Java, no native code used) and byte code from Visual Basic projects (modules, classes, controls, and forms). ￭ Converts entire Visual Basic (3.0, 4.0, 5.0 & 6.0) applications to Java. Runs as an add-in to VB 5 & 6. Also runs as a command-line tool for VB 3 through 6. ￭ Converted code can run as either a Java applet or as a stand-alone Java application depending on how the application was started up. ￭ Converts ActiveX controls written within Visual Basic to Java code. ￭ Supports over 70 Visual Basic controls and objects including Data, Adodc, Menu, Windows Common Controls (ProgressBar, ImageList, ListView, TreeView, etc.), FlexGrid, Grid, DBGrid, DataGrid, DBList, DBCombo, SSTab, and the ThreeD controls. ￭ Converts the picture resources stored in the binary frx file to jpeg images. ￭ Allows debugging of Java applications within Visual Basic or any Java IDE (Borland JBuilder, Symantec VisualCafe, Oracle JDeveloper, and others). ￭ Migrates DAO, RDO or ADO database access into Java database access using JDBC and a Java implementation of the ADO objects. ￭ Supports Data Bound controls. Now you can quickly develop Java database applications. ￭ Adds Java database support (JDBC), facilitating the creation of Java applets that can access data on Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, Informix and other databases. ￭ Supports all Visual Basic data types, including Variant, Enum, Object and Collection. ￭ Supports creating VB interfaces using the Implements keyword. ￭ Automatic type casting and conversion to the native Java data types. ￭ Supports local file I/O. ￭ You have a choice of generating Java 1.1 applications using AWT (thin client) or Java 2 applications using swing based controls. A technology preview of generating Java 2 applications using using SWT so you can take advantage of Lotus Expeditor from IBM is also available. For more details on the SWT choice. ￭ Customizable conversion rules. If you want to add the ability to convert new controls or functions or want to change how the conversion is done, you simply change a few simple conversion rules. ￭ Runtime Java classes may be distributed royalty free once you purchase the product.

Requirements:

￭ Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 or 6.0 ￭ Java 1.5 ￭ 7 MB disk space

Limitations:

￭ 30 days trial ￭ The trial version is limited to 2 Forms, 1 Class, and 1 code module.