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ISSUE #2068

<class1> <prop1> was not upgraded.

Description

The VBUC is capable of mapping VB6 library members to .NET equivalents. These equivalents are chosen to provide maximum functional equivalence on the target platform.

In specific scenarios, some class properties may not have a direct equivalent, because there is no equivalent in the .NET libraries or because no mapping association exists in VBUC.

Recommendations 

There is no unique solution for this issue because some class properties may not have an equivalent in .NET at all.

The entire set of not-mapped elements requires manual implementation of the missing member. The Stub Generation feature will assess the manual effort needed to reach functional equivalence by isolating all not-upgraded class properties in a single source file.

For more information please refer to Stub generation.

Sample VB6

PrivateSub Command1_Click()

Dim objBag AsNew PropertyBag

' Attempt with empty PropertyBag, default value

GetMaskProperty objBag

objBag.WriteProperty "Mask", "Zorro"

' Atempt with PropertyBag with mask value

GetMaskProperty objBag

EndSub

PublicSub GetMaskProperty(ByVal PropBag As PropertyBag)

Dim mask AsString

mask = PropBag.ReadProperty("Mask", "none")

MsgBox ("Mask is: " & mask)

EndSub

Generated VB.NET

PrivateSub Command1_Click(ByVal eventSender AsObject, ByVal eventArgs As EventArgs) Handles Command1.Click

'UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2068) PropertyBag object was not upgraded.

Dim objBag AsNew UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag

' Attempt with empty PropertyBag, default value

GetMaskProperty(objBag)

'UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2069) PropertyBag method objBag.WriteProperty was not upgraded.

objBag.WriteProperty("Mask", "Zorro")

' Atempt with PropertyBag with mask value

GetMaskProperty(objBag)

EndSub

'UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2068) PropertyBag object was not upgraded.

PublicSub GetMaskProperty(ByVal PropBag As UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag)

'UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2069) PropertyBag method PropBag.ReadProperty was not upgraded.

'UPGRADE_WARNING: (1068) PropBag.ReadProperty() of type Variant is being forced to String.

Dim mask AsString = CStr(PropBag.ReadProperty("Mask", "none"))

MessageBox.Show("Mask is: " & mask, Application.ProductName)

EndSub

'Stub Generated for PropertyBag

PublicClass VBRUN_PropertyBag

PublicSub WriteProperty(ByVal Name_Renamed AsString, ByVal Value AsObject, OptionalByVal DefaultValue AsObject = Nothing)

ThrowNew System.Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.")

EndSub

PublicFunction ReadProperty(ByVal Name_Renamed AsString, OptionalByVal DefaultValue AsObject = Nothing) AsObject

ThrowNew System.Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.")

EndFunction

EndClass

Expected VB.NET

For this example we ve turned on the Stub Generation feature of the VBUC, and we ll be using the generated stub to provide functional equivalence for our code.

Our main concern becomes implementing the PropertyBag and its methods in the VBRUN_PropertyBag class. You can later rename this class if so desired using Visual Studio s Refactor -> Rename context-menu option, but for now we ll keep it as is. The example is straightforward, as we use the VBRUN_PropertyBag as a wrapper around the generic Dictionary(Of TKey, TValue) collection.

PrivateSub Command1_Click(ByVal eventSender AsObject, ByVal eventArgs As EventArgs) Handles Command1.Click

Dim objBag AsNew UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag

' Attempt with empty PropertyBag, default value

GetMaskProperty(objBag)

objBag.WriteProperty("Mask", "Zorro")

' Atempt with PropertyBag with mask value

GetMaskProperty(objBag)

EndSub

PublicSub GetMaskProperty(ByVal PropBag As UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag)

Dim mask AsString = CStr(PropBag.ReadProperty("Mask", "none"))

MessageBox.Show("Mask is: " & mask, Application.ProductName)

EndSub

'Stub Generated for PropertyBag

PublicClass VBRUN_PropertyBag

Private bag As Dictionary(OfString, String) = New Dictionary(OfString, String)

PublicSub WriteProperty(ByVal Name AsString, ByVal Value AsObject, OptionalByVal DefaultValue AsObject = Nothing)

If IsNothing(Value) Then

bag.Add(Name, DefaultValue)

Else

bag.Add(Name, Value)

EndIf

EndSub

PublicFunction ReadProperty(ByVal Name AsString, OptionalByVal DefaultValue AsObject = Nothing) AsObject

IfNot bag.ContainsKey(Name) Then

Return DefaultValue

Else

Return bag(Name)

EndIf

EndFunction

EndClass

Generated C#

privatevoid Command1_Click(Object eventSender, EventArgs eventArgs)

{

//UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2068) PropertyBag object was not upgraded.

UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag objBag = new UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag();

// Attempt with empty PropertyBag, default value

GetMaskProperty(objBag);

//UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2069) PropertyBag method objBag.WriteProperty was not upgraded.

objBag.WriteProperty("Mask", "Zorro", null);

// Atempt with PropertyBag with mask value

GetMaskProperty(objBag);

}

//UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2068) PropertyBag object was not upgraded.

publicvoid GetMaskProperty(UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag PropBag)

{

//UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2069) PropertyBag method PropBag.ReadProperty was not upgraded.

//UPGRADE_WARNING: (1068) PropBag.ReadProperty() of type Variant is being forced to string.

string mask = Convert.ToString(PropBag.ReadProperty("Mask", "none"));

MessageBox.Show("Mask is: " + mask, Application.ProductName);

}

publicclassVBRUN_PropertyBag

{

publicvoid WriteProperty(string Name_Renamed, object Value, object DefaultValue)

{

thrownew System.Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");

}

publicobject ReadProperty(string Name_Renamed, object DefaultValue)

{

thrownew System.Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");

}

}

Expected C#

For this example we ve turned on the Stub Generation feature of the VBUC, and we ll be using the generated stub to provide functional equivalence for our code.

Our main concern becomes implementing the PropertyBag and its methods in the VBRUN_PropertyBag class. You can later rename this class if so desired using Visual Studio s Refactor -> Rename context-menu option, but for now we ll keep it as is. The example is straight-forward, as we use the VBRUN_PropertyBag as a wrapper around the generic Dictionary(Of TKey, TValue) collection.

privatevoid Command1_Click( Object eventSender, EventArgs eventArgs)

{

UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag objBag = new UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag();

// Attempt with empty PropertyBag, default value

GetMaskProperty(objBag);

objBag.WriteProperty("Mask", "Zorro", null);

// Atempt with PropertyBag with mask value

GetMaskProperty(objBag);

}

publicvoid GetMaskProperty( UpgradeStubs.VBRUN_PropertyBag PropBag)

{

string mask = Convert.ToString(PropBag.ReadProperty("Mask", "none"));

MessageBox.Show("Mask is: " + mask, Application.ProductName);

}

publicclassVBRUN_PropertyBag

{

privateDictionary<string, object> bag = newDictionary<string, object>();

publicvoid WriteProperty(string name, object value, object defaultValue)

{

if (value == null)

{

bag.Add(name, defaultValue);

}

else

{

bag.Add(name, value);

}

}

publicobject ReadProperty(string name, object defaultValue)

{

if (bag.ContainsKey(name) == false)

return defaultValue;

elsereturn bag[name];

}

}

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