This tutorial briefly explains how to use C-Sharpener For VB, the premier tool for converting a Visual Basic .NET project to a C# projects. Before you get started, it is important that
| 1. | You have the Visual Basic .NET project that you want converted loaded into Visual Studio .NET. |
| 2. | You can successfully compile the project that you want to convert. |
C-Sharpener For VB is a Visual Studio .NET add-in and launching it is easy - just select the Tools menu option and then select the C-Sharpener For VB menu option. If for some reason you don't see the menu option, then please see "Why can't I see the C-Sharpener For VB menu in Visual Studio .Net?" in FAQ.
Selecting the menu option will launch the C-Sharpener For VB Wizard. The Welcome Page reassures you that the your existing Visual Basic .NET project will be unaffected by the conversion.
Clicking the Next > button on the Welcome Page will display the Select Project Page. This page lets you select the source Visual Basic .NET project and the destination C# project. The page will look and behave a little differently if you are conversion a Web project instead of a Win32 project. It is designed to mimic the behavior of the New Project dialog in Visual Studio .NET.
Clicking the Next > button on the Select Project Page will display the Select Standard Options Page. Normally, you just accept the defaults on this page.
Clicking the Next > button on the Select Standard Options Page will display the Select Professional Options Page if you are running the Professional Edition and the Confirm Selections Page if you are running the Standard Edition. Please not that the Free Trial version is always the Professional Edition.
Clicking the Next > button on the Select Professional Options Page will display the Confirm Selections Page so that you can review and verify your selections.
Clicking the Next > button on the Confirm Selections Page will start the translation process. There are several steps to the process and some steps take longer than other - please be patient.
After the translation is complete you will see a Translation Complete page. If there are problems you will see a Translation Problem Page. Even if there are problems, we do everything possible to translate as much of the Visual Basic .NET project as possible.
Clicking on the Close button, closes the C-Sharpener For VB Wizard. The new C# project should now be in your Solution!
We try hard to convert everything that we safely can, but you may need to do some manual cleanup after the project is translated. You can learn more about this in Known Limitations and Workarounds.