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Changelog

All notable changes to the code converter will be documented in this file. The format is based on Keep a Changelog

[Unreleased]

Vsix

VB -> C#

C# -> VB

[9.2.6] - 2024-07-08

Vsix

  • Compatible with Visual Studio 2022 17.1 onwards

VB -> C#

  • Convert Not(x IsNot Nothing) to x is null #1113
  • Escape parameter names #1092

C# -> VB

  • Converts file scoped namespaces

[9.2.5] - 2024-01-31

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Remove square brackets from identifiers #1043
  • Conversion of parenthesized ref arguments no longer assigns back #1046
  • Conversion of explicit interface implementations now converts optional parameters #1062
  • Constant chars are converted to constant strings where needed
  • Select case for a mixture of strings and characters converts correctly #1062
  • Implicit boxing conversion converted correctly to no-op #1071

C# -> VB

[9.2.4] - 2023-12-10

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Ensure static declarations within property setters are converted #1053
  • Convert optional DateTime parameters #1056
  • Convert optional parameters before ref parameters using attributes to avoid compile error #1057
  • Remove square brackets when escaping labels #1044
  • Exit Property now returns value assigned to return variable #1051
  • Avoid stack overflow for very deeply nested binary expressions #1033
  • Omit special VB conversions within expression trees #930 #316
  • Support CData #1032
  • Use verbatim strings for strings containing newlines
  • Fix clashing symbol renamer for Enum types #1035
  • Convert nullable operators within a binary condition expression #1038

C# -> VB

[9.2.3] - 2023-06-25

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Fix nullability compilation error when using nullable values in the where clause of query syntax #894
  • When converting "Is" and "IsNot" within an expression tree, use "==" #1015
  • Only hoist field initializer to constructor when needed, and avoid breaking nearby trivia #1017
  • No longer incorrectly assigns events in constructor for WithEvents properties
  • Event assignments created from Handles clauses now correctly appear last in the constructor #991
  • Worked around "CONVERSION ERROR: usingKeyword" bug caused by VS 17.7.0 preview 2 #1019
  • No longer inserts null checks in query expressions #1011

C# -> VB

[9.2.2] - 2023-05-02

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Handle one very simple case of OnError Goto #999
  • Fix StackOverflowException when converting nullable comparisons #1007
  • Fixes for default-initialized loop variables #1001
  • Convert DefineDebug and DefineTrace into DefineConstants #1004

C# -> VB

[9.2.1] - 2023-03-27

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • CType(Nothing, Date?) now converts to default(DateTime?) #994
  • Conditional indexer now converted #993

C# -> VB

[9.2.0] - 2023-03-16

Vsix

  • Enable VSIX for arm64 devices #990

VB -> C#

  • Convert imported targets of the form ".VisualBasic.targets" to ".CSharp.targets" #988

C# -> VB

  • Convert imported targets of the form ".CSharp.targets" to ".VisualBasic.targets" #988
  • Add ToString when concatenating a string and an object #974

[9.1.3] - 2023-01-31

Vsix

  • Avoid crashes when referencing CodeAnalysis 4.2.0 #986

VB -> C#

  • Simplify converted expressions involving nullable value types #982

C# -> VB

[9.1.2] - 2023-01-11

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Explicitly state type for array initializers #962
  • Make best effort when converting one of multiple parts of a partial class #977

C# -> VB

  • Return contents of checked/unchecked expressions/statements #965 #975

[9.1.1] - 2022-12-19

Command line

  • Compatible with systems running dot net 7 SDK

Vsix

  • Simplification now has a timeout to skip it after a time set in Tools->Options->Code Converter
  • File/snippet/project conversion now correctly waits for a build to complete before conversion begins

VB -> C#

  • Event handlers now converted for WPF files #967
  • Exit Try/For/Do/While statements in nested blocks now break from the correct construct #846

C# -> VB

  • Multiline strings correctly followed by a newline #970

[9.0.4] - 2022-08-28

Vsix

VB -> C#

C# -> VB

[9.0.3] - 2022-08-04

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Fix Strings.ChrW conversion #924
  • Fix mapping for error trivia added by converter. #917
  • Fix CType expressions for conversions from String to Enums #918
  • Only pull loop variables out when it's needed #915

C# -> VB

[9.0.2] - 2022-07-03

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Fixed regression where loop with uninitiazed variable disappears from output #913

C# -> VB

[9.0.1] - 2022-07-01

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Fix converting non-integral types to enums #888
  • Fix types conversion for generic functions #893
  • Fix casting Object to nullable types #904
  • Fix converting Omitted/Optional parameters which could result in wrong method overload being called. #906
  • Fix variable declaration being incorrectly pulled before the loop when it's initialized explicitly with default value. #911

C# -> VB

[9.0.0] - 2022-05-01

Vsix

  • VS2019 (16.10) is now the minimum supported version

VB -> C#

  • Removed obsolete CodeWithOptions.FromLanguageVersion and CodeWithOptions.ToLanguageVersion #878
  • Convert immediately executed lambdas without causing a compiler error #869
  • Fix binary expressions for nullable types in VB->C# conversion #840
  • Fix conversion of shared property containing static variable #881
  • Use string.IsNullOrEmpty when comparing string to string.Empty #874
  • Make an effort to maintain line-spacing between statements #879
  • Fix wrong modifier for optional out parameter #882
  • Correctly convert nested calls passing properties as ref arguments #876
  • Improve conversion between nullable and not-nullable integrals/fractional/enum types #865

C# -> VB

  • Removed obsolete CodeWithOptions.FromLanguageVersion and CodeWithOptions.ToLanguageVersion #878
  • Make an effort to maintain line-spacing between statements #879

[8.5.0] - 2022-04-10

Vsix

  • Last version supporting VS2017 and some earlier VS2019 versions (versions 15.7-16.9)

VB -> C#

  • Xml Namespace Imports now converted #836
  • Use explicit cast when integral numeric types are casted to enum #861
  • Correct inconsistent casing of event handlers #854

C# -> VB

[8.4.7] - 2022-03-12

  • Command line no longer silently exits for dot net framework projects
  • Log messages now include timestamps

[8.4.6] - 2022-03-02

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Fix method arguments when calling a parametrized property with named arguments. #833
  • Fix access modifiers for explicit interface implementations. #819
  • Fix code generation for explicit interface implementations. #813
  • Add support for converting multiple selected files and folders. #485
  • Replace VB-specific library methods with idiomatic framework alternatives #814
  • Remove redundant break expressions in switch-case statements. #432
  • Generate out parameter instead of ref for implementations of external methods. #831
  • When passing a property ByRef, don't try to assign it back afterwards #843

C# -> VB

  • Improve snippet detection #825

[8.4.5] - 2022-01-26

Vsix

  • Only trigger build for converted project where possible #816

VB -> C#

  • Convert Exit Try to a do while false loop with a break statement #779
  • Fix missing parenthesis for null coalescing operator #811
  • No longer throws NRE for VB Static variable without initializer. See comment on #623
  • Convert nested xml literals to new XElement #253

C# -> VB

[8.4.4] - 2022-01-09

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • No longer throws NRE for embedded resources with no LastGenOutput #804
  • Append CompareMethod.Text for Strings methods when needed #655
  • Convert op_Implicit/op_Explicit calls to casts #678
  • Use Conversions.ToString when concatenating a DateTime with a string #806
  • Ensure named arguments are correctly named when followed by an omitted argument #808
  • Convert static variables into fields #623
  • Ensure query syntax join conditions are swapped to the necessary C# order #752
  • Convert nested exit statements to if statements #690

C# -> VB

  • More terse conversion in for loop with literal end value #798

[8.4.3] - 2021-12-23

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Convert extension methods on ByRef reference types to static invocations #785
  • Wire up events for WithEvents fields in an ancestor class #774
  • Only create delegating property for WithEvents fields if there is a known write usage or descendant class Due to feedback on #615

C# -> VB

[8.4.2] - 2021-12-11

Vsix

  • Attempt to improve VS2017 compatibility

VB -> C#

  • Convert with blocks using structs to a local ref variable#634
  • Ensure xml-doc at start of file is kept #663

C# -> VB

[8.4.1] - 2021-10-02

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Convert VB exclamation mark into C# indexer #765
  • Deal with nullable bools in binary expressions #712
  • No longer tries to qualify type parameters (e.g. in generic delegates) #771

C# -> VB

[8.4.0] - 2021-09-05

Vsix

  • VS2017 compatibility improvement
  • VS2022 Preview 3.1 compatibility

VB -> C#

C# -> VB

[8.3.1] - 2021-08-22

Vsix

  • Provided workaround in options for some assembly loading issues #741

VB -> C#

  • Convert orderby distinct in linq #736
  • Convert nested Select queries in linq #635
  • Chr converted to Strings.Chr where code page aware conversion needed #745

C# -> VB

  • Guess some common using statements for incomplete fragments #743

[8.3.0] - 2021-07-02

Vsix

  • Support for VS2022

[8.2.5] - 2021-06-19

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Prevent overrides and overloads appearing on the same property #681
  • Convert Select x = into let x = within Linq #717

C# -> VB

[8.2.4] - 2021-05-04

Command line

  • The --Core-Only flag no longer requires a value #704

VB -> C#

  • Deal with NullReferenceException caused by Nothing literal #707
  • Include text of region which can't be converted
  • Convert region names
  • All handlers from multi-line handles syntax now converted #701
  • Implicilty typed inherited events no longer create extra delegates #700
  • Keep optional parameters for parameterized properties #642
  • Maintain leading whitespace in comments #711
  • Avoid XmlException when referencing certain nuget packages #714
  • Use explicit type as default for array creation #713

C# -> VB

  • Hex values in UInt32 and Uint64 ranges not converted properly. #695

[8.2.2] - 2021-01-23

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Improve conversion accuracy for CInt #658
  • Create non-static delegate when converting a shared event#671
  • Improve implicit conversion of delegates #632
  • Retain enum names in nullable Select Case #675

C# -> VB

  • Generics type parameter missed BC30737 and BC32042 [#682] (icsharpcode#682)

[8.2.1] - 2020-10-28

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • XML output path needs output path prepending #641
  • Fix issue when converting ?. operator - #673

C# -> VB

  • XML output path needs output path prepending #641
  • Converting explicit and implicit operator failed #659

[8.2.0] - 2020-10-12

  • Web UI improvements #644

Vsix

  • Add "Paste as VB/C#" to "Paste special" menu #622

VB -> C#

  • Update property when used in out parameter #629
  • Parenthesize on null coalesce when needed #628

C# -> VB

[8.1.8] - 2020-08-31

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • (Fix regression) WithEvents field visibility converted correctly #616#618
  • Type convert within compound assignments #612
  • Type convert lambdas to a concrete delegate type if needed #611
  • Type convert from decimal to double in more cases where needed #617
  • Use casts rather than Conversions.To* for numeric conversions

C# -> VB

[8.1.7] - 2020-08-16

  • Timeout cosmetic operations (formatting/comments) after 15 minutes of inactivity #598

Vsix

  • Options page to adjust timeout

VB -> C#

  • Convert parameterized properties with optional parameters #597
  • Convert bitwise negation #599
  • No longer adds incorrect "base" qualification for virtual method calls #600
  • Don't generate unnecessary properties for WithEvents fields #572
  • Add type conversion where needed for externally declared loop control variable #609
  • Convert string operators in common cases #608
  • Type convert parameterized property in assignment #610

C# -> VB

[8.1.6] - 2020-07-12

Vsix

  • Fix file extension and location of single converted file #589

VB -> C#

  • Correct logic for conversion "objectWithOverloadedEquals Is Nothing" #591
  • Coercing enum to a string now correctly uses its numeric value #590
  • Correct conversion for equality of overloaded types #594
  • Correct conversion when for loop variable is a class member #601
  • Correct conversion when for loop "To" expression is a boolean #602

C# -> VB

[8.1.5] - 2020-07-04

Vsix

  • Workaround Visual Studio 16.7+ that was causing VB->CS conversion to fail #586

VB -> C#

  • Handle Option Compare Text case insensitive comparisons in switch statements #579
  • Fix compilation error when switching with enum cases #549
  • Improve numeric casts #580
  • Add ref to conversion of RaiseEvent where needed #584
  • Rename clashing type memvers #420
  • Fix conversion for string implicitly converted to enum #476

C# -> VB

  • Rename explicit method implementations where needed #492
  • Include type information in conversion of default(someType) #486

[8.1.4] - 2020-06-26

Vsix

  • Fixed UnauthorizedAccessException when converting single file/snippet

VB -> C#

  • When converting ReDim Preserve to Array.Resize, "ref" is now added
  • Create delegating method for renamed implementations #443, #444

C# -> VB

[8.1.3] - 2020-05-23

Known issues

  • Need to replace "Array.Resize(" with "Array.Resize(ref "

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Improve post-conversion experience for designer files - #569
  • Optimize away some redundant casts and conversions with strings/chars - #388
  • Improve performance of single file conversion - #546
  • Add AsEnumerable where needed in linq "in" clause - #544
  • Remove redundant empty string coalesce in string comparison - #500
  • Convert VB comparison operators - #396
  • Convert Redim Preserve of 1D array to Array.Resize - #501
  • Use C#7.3 compatible null check

C# -> VB

[8.1.2] - 2020-05-03

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Improve multi-declaration field conversion for arrays - #559
  • Add parentheses around ternary statement - #565
  • When converting ForEach loop, avoid duplicate variable compilation issue #558
  • Improvements to for loop with missing semantic info - #482
  • Fix logic issue when converting property passed byref - #324
  • Fix logic issue when converting expression passed in byref within conditional expression - #310
  • Added constructors now only added to the relevant type - not other types in the same file
  • Converted non-static field initializers moved to constructor - #281
  • Convert assignments using "Mid" built-in function
  • Improve conversion of array initializer types
  • Improve detection of compile-time constant case labels

C# -> VB

[8.1.1] - 2020-04-21

Vsix

  • Fixes conversion in VS2017

VB -> C#

C# -> VB

[8.1.0] - 2020-04-19

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Convert files with legacy vb6 file extensions (e.g. .cls, .frm)
  • Fix for converting For...Next...Step loops with a variable step that's sometimes negative #453
  • Fix for abstract readonly/writeonly property conversion including a private accessor
  • Generated parameterless constructors are now public by default
  • Multiple classes in the same file no longer affect each other's constructors
  • Cast expressions are now parenthesized when converted
  • Fix nullref fatal error dialog for delegates with omitted argument types #560

C# -> VB

[8.0.4] - 2020-03-31

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Fixes error thrown when converting single file from VB project with resx files

C# -> VB

[8.0.3] - 2020-03-30

Known issue: Converting single file from VB project with resx files throws an error. To workaround, use a different version, or convert the whole project at once.

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • All resx files now moved to project root #551
  • Register event handlers for DesignerGenerated #550
  • Improve qualification with arguments of unknown type #481
  • Omit conversion in string concatenation where possible #508
  • Use ToString for numeric types rather than Conversions.ToString
  • Convert optional ref parameters - fixes #91
  • Always convert Call statement to method call #445
  • Avoid compilation errors when converting const Dates #213
  • Evaluate simple compile time conversions within const declarations

C# -> VB

[8.0.2] - 2020-03-19

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Avoid extra newlines in doc comments #334
  • Avoid duplicate generated constructors #543
  • Comparisons of value/generic types to Nothing now convert to the correct corresponding C# 8 operator
  • Resources are now correctly namespaced after conversion #540
  • LangVersion is now set to "Latest" in csproj e87fef11
  • Improve Winforms designer event experience after conversion #547
  • Don't output solution conversion for in-memory solution file
  • Empty files are no longer skipped #423
  • Specify type suffix for decimal and float literals containing decimal point #548

C# -> VB

[8.0.1] - 2020-03-13

Vsix

  • Fixes conversion in VS2017

VB -> C#

C# -> VB

[8.0.0] - 2020-03-11

  • Known issue: Breaks VS2017 support - please use 7.9.0 until the next version is released
  • Improve performance and feedback for large projects containing large files

API

  • IEnumerable<Task> becomes IAsyncEnumerable
  • Upgraded target framework from netstandard 1.3 to netstandard 2.0
  • Introduced cancellation token

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Convert "Handles" in some previously missed cases #530
  • Wrap event handlers in lambda where needed #474
  • Streamline trailing else if 810de96
  • Use less error-prone, more performant null/default comparisons 4de1978
  • Convert "{}" to "Array.Empty()" #495
  • Convert inferred anonymous member names without duplicating name #480
  • Convert "!" operator to element access #479
  • Fix async method default return statements #478
  • Convert multi-dimensional array initializers correctly #539

C# -> VB

  • Convert PrefixUnaryExpression (Not, minus, etc.) #533
  • Rename more members with case conflicts (e.g. interface members) #533
  • String equality conversion now calls "Equals" to match the C# logic #533
  • Deduplicate imports #533
  • Converts "default" keyword to "Nothing" keyword #428

[7.9.0] - 2020-02-27

Vsix

  • Exclude project file from conversion result if it hasn't changed
  • Further efforts to stop the roslyn library crashing Visual Studio
  • Conversion tasks are now cancellable

VB -> C#

  • More consistently add constructor for DesignerGenerated attribute

C# -> VB

  • Avoid incorrectly renaming symbols
  • Prevent "SyntaxTree is not part of the compilation" error #527
  • Avoid incorrectly renaming symbols #524

[7.8.0] - 2020-02-15

Vsix

  • Stop Roslyn from silently crashing Visual Studio during conversion #521

VB -> C#

  • Performance improvement on big solutions

C# -> VB

  • Partial class/method improvements
  • Avoid ambiguity in some generated method calls

[7.7.0] - 2020-02-11

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Cast foreach collection to IEnumerable if needed or unknown
  • Fix ordering bug converting redim bounds without preserve for 2d arrays
  • Exit Property should become return #497
  • First effort converting some Xml Member Access
  • Avoid adding new keyword when not allowed/required #504
  • Avoid evaluating Select Case expression multiple times in some cases where it may be non-deterministic or have side effects #323
  • Avoid repeated redundant break statement caused by explicit Exit Select #433
  • Convert return expression to match return type #496
  • Fix conversion for hex values ending in "C" #483
  • Converted multi line if blocks now always contain braces #466
  • Add conversions to allow arithmetic on enums
  • Add omitted argument lists on conditional expressions
  • Winforms initialization improvements
  • Convert VbMyResourcesResXFileCodeGenerator resource generator type in project file
  • Improved comment conversion #518

C# -> VB

  • Rename local symbols differing only in case #80
  • Remove erroneous event modifier from delegates
  • Add Implements clause for event fields
  • Add Overloads modifier where needed in VB
  • Add ReadOnly/WriteOnly modifier for interface properties that need it
  • Fix bug which led to nested modules
  • Fix accessibility of converted public static classes
  • Fix overqualifying with "Global" in some cases
  • Fix parenthesized TryCast which caused compile error
  • Fix erroneous rename of value argument in events' accessors and properties' setter
  • Add call AscW method to convert Char to numeric types
  • Remove erroneous backing fields' generation in root classes
  • Add TryCast expression for convering to generic types
  • Comments are now converted
  • Some preprocessor directives are partially converted #517

[7.6.0] - 2020-01-11

Vsix

  • Fix Visual Studio crash when converting some structures

VB -> C#

C# -> VB

[7.5.0] - 2020-01-11

  • Improve ambiguous name resolution

Vsix

VB -> C#

  • Simplify compound assignment conversion
  • Avoid some case conflicts

C# -> VB

  • Remove extra parentheses around CType expression
  • Convert var declaration patterns with binary operators in switch statements (part of #222)
  • Keep empty argument lists

[7.4.0] - 2019-12-17

  • Several C# API tweaks wrapping conversion options into a type

Vsix

  • Fixed error caused when converting with "Copy to clipboard" option enabled

VB -> C#

  • Add modifier for nested types
  • Remove body for converted extern methods
  • Convert Call with missing argument list and semantic information

C# -> VB

  • Convert "is" expression (#427)
  • Convert "*=" operator

[7.3.0] - 2019-11-25

  • Fixes for nullrefs

Vsix

  • Load extension only when menu item clicked (multi-project conversion menu not present until project loaded)

VB -> C#

  • Convert implicit object->string cast correctly (#365)
  • Convert trivia (e.g. comments) at start of file (#333)
  • Improvements to redim conversion (#403, #393)
  • Convert array of arrays initializer (#364)
  • Improvements to implicit enum -> int conversion (#361)
  • Convert expressions in constants (#329)
  • Convert implicit ElementAtOrDefault (#362)
  • Convert types in ternary expressions (#363)
  • Support for converting dot net standard VB projects (#398)
  • Avoid compilation error for duplicate cases (#374)
  • Correctly handle type promoted module symbols (#375)
  • Prefer renamed imports for name resolution (#401)
  • Correctly convert ambiguous names (#332)
  • Ensure correct visibility for constructors (#422)
  • Ensure casing is correct for namespaces (#421)
  • Convert CType from a non numeric type to an enum
  • Convert Exit Function
  • Convert object initializers requiring type casts
  • Convert async keyword on lambdas
  • Convert nullable if statement conditions

C# -> VB

  • Convert property accessors with visiblity modifiers (#92)
  • For loop with decrement (i--) results in missing 'Step -1' (#411)
  • Improve escaping for variables of predefined types
  • Add Implements keyword for explicitly implemented members
  • Property/indexer conversion improvements
  • Convert private default members
  • Convert property accessors with visiblity modifiers (#92)
  • For loop with decrement (i--) results in missing 'Step -1' (#411)
  • Improve custom event conversion (#442)

[7.2.0] - 2019-10-13

  • Parallelize multi-file conversion
  • Make snippet conversion (ConvertText method) make classes partial by default since context isn't known (#379)
  • Web converter requires .NET Core 3.0
  • Visual Studio built-in simplification applied post-conversion (#386)

Vsix

  • Improve UI responsiveness and output window details while converting

VB -> C#

  • Implicitly typed local multi-variable declarations type converted correctly (#373)
  • "My" namespace - first attempt at conversion (#169)

C# -> VB

  • Converts extern functions correctly (#352)
  • Converts invoke on non-events correctly (#377)

[7.1.0] - 2019-09-12

No longer restricts converted files to solution directory

Vsix

  • Improve UI feedback during conversion

VB -> C#

  • Improve conversion for inline functions
  • Use visual basic "Conversions" functions to match VB logic
  • Simplify output code by shortening some names
  • Improve out parameter conversion
  • Improve iterator conversion
  • Improve with block conversion for value types
  • Improve for loop conversion initialization/bounds
  • No longer duplicates containing namespaces
  • Improve some enum handling
  • Avoid VB type appearing within default(...) expression

C# -> VB

  • Improve conversion of collection initializers

API

ProjectConversion methods now require an IProgress parameter, deprecated overloads without it:

  • ProjectConversion.ConvertProject
  • ProjectConversion.ConvertProjectContents
  • ProjectConversion.ConvertProjectFile

Deprecated overload of ProjectConversion.ConvertSingle in favour of one requiring a Document

Please instead use ConvertSingle(Document document, TextSpan selected, ILanguageConversion languageConversion) See the implementation of the deprecated method for help in migrating.

[7.0.0] - 2019-08-01

  • Compatible with Visual Studio ~15.5+

VB -> C#

  • Improve conversion for WithEvents/Handles
  • Improve detection of enum related casts
  • Convert parameterized properties
  • Convert plain XML literals

C# -> VB

  • Convert more binary operators

[6.9.0] - 2019-06-09

VB -> C#

  • String comparison conversion now often avoids referencing VB library in output (when TextCompare is set to Binary)
  • Convert WithEvents/Handles correctly for partial classes
  • Convert Like operator
  • Convert VB indexer to ElementAtOrDefault to make behaviour consistent
  • Improve accuracy of choosing square brackets or parentheses
  • Avoid nullref when converting for loop

C# -> VB

  • Enable OptionInfer on converted projects
  • Convert global namespace correctly

[6.8.0] - 2019-05-13

VB -> C#

  • Assignment return now converted
  • Enum implicit casts now converted
  • Access to shared variables through instance now converted
  • MyClass references now converted
  • Variables explicitly initialised to their default (as is implicit in VB)
  • Adds project reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic
    • Uses Operators.CompareString for string equality comparison to match VB logic
    • Uses DateAndTime for built-in date functions
    • CDate() now converted to "Conversions.ToDate"
  • Improvements to parenthesization
  • Select Case with non-constant strings now converted correctly
  • Interface readonly properties now converted correctly

[6.7.0] - 2019-04-09

  • Downgrade Roslyn requirement in attempt to work with VS2017 15.3+

VB -> C#

  • Ensure "new()" generic constraint is last
  • Do not convert MyBase.Finalize, it's implicit
  • Standardize case of identifiers

[6.6.0] - 2019-03-29

  • Ask people to upgrade VS if missing languageservices

C# -> VB

  • Improve event identifier conversion

VB -> C#

  • Improve conversion of interpolated strings (format, alignment, escaping)

[6.5.0] - 2019-03-03

  • Avoid fatal error converting a project in a solution containing a website project (#243)
  • Improve best-effort conversion in the presence of errors
  • Improved nuget package and web converter's snippet detection
  • Exclude conversion-source-language files from converted project
  • Improve conversion of type casts
  • Web UI tweaks

C# -> VB

  • Fix for interpolated strings and switch statements in VS2019 Preview

[6.4.0] - 2019-02-07

Fix initialization bug in VS2017

C# -> VB

  • Tuples now converted
  • All known operator overloads now converted

[6.3.0] - 2019-02-05

  • VS 2019 support
  • Breaking API change: Most library API names and return types are now async
  • Improve VS startup time by making package load async
  • Added SourceLink

VB -> C#

  • Private setter added to conversion of ReadOnly properties to cater for backing field usage
  • Usage of compiler generated event variable name converted correctly
  • Access modifiers no longer added erroneously to static constructor
  • "Do Until" construct multi-part conditions are correctly converted
  • Tuple conversion support added
  • VB -> C#: Error (lot of comments about the issue) when define an array with number of elements
  • Decimal division conversion bugfix

C# -> VB

  • GoTo Case with dot in name converted correctly

[6.2.0] - 2018-11-19

VB -> C#

  • Fix array indexing from outside a class
  • Escape double quotes with string interpolation
  • Converts date literals
  • Converts ChrW and Chr
  • Converts type promoted module members
  • Converts EntryPoint and Charset for native functions
  • Converts WriteOnly interface properties
  • Converts "Integer?" to int?
  • Converts property setters with parameters not named "value"
  • Fixed bug causing duplicate namespace qualification
  • Parenthesizes ternary conditional when necessary to preserve logic

C# -> VB

  • Convert enums with explicit base type

[6.1.0] - 2018-10-12

VB -> C#

  • Parenthesize "as" cast if necessary
  • Convert properties using "Item" syntax
  • Extract variable for "To" expression
  • Convert base constructor call missing parentheses
  • Fix Nullref in SyntaxFactory.MethodDeclaration

[6.0.0] - 2018-08-21

  • Performance improvement for large solutions
  • Fix solution/project level context menu item not appearing when projects are within folders

VB -> C#

  • Fix solution level conversion issues for projects other than the first one
  • Improve query syntax support (some forms of group now supported)

[5.9.0] - 2018-08-01

  • Note: This release downgrades the library to net standard 1.3 for compatibility reasons - this should fix "could not load file or assembly netstandard, Culture=neutral'" error

VB -> C#

  • Type inferred const - convert to explicit type
  • Improve name qualification
  • Add parentheses around conditional expression in string interpolation
  • Add parentheses where needed when convert Not, CType and TypeOf
  • Fix namespace conversion issues
  • Conversion error for indexer on property value of unresolved type
  • Single-line lambda with statement body not implemented
  • Array literals not always converted to implicit C# array

[5.8.0] - 2018-06-26

  • Move options lower down in the context menus so they aren't in the way

VB -> C#

  • Handle WithEvents fields without initializers
  • In lambda, use parentheses around single explicitly typed parameter
  • Convert LocalDeclarationStatementSyntax
  • Default parameter "value" now has the correct case
  • Multiline xml doc comment conversion bugfix

C# -> VB

  • Interfaces "implements" clause now converted
  • Shared no longer appears on Module members
  • Fixed .Name bug with anonymous object creation
  • Use Is and IsNot for reference type comparison

[5.7.0] - 2018-05-08

  • Update to .NET Standard 2.0
  • Convert solution and project files
  • Added convert and copy to clipboard into options

VB -> C#

  • Convert WithEvents/Handles
  • Convert Handles and WithEvents similarly to the VB compiler
  • Handle expressions in Select Case
  • Ensure all parts of a partial class have the partial modifier
  • Handle missing optional arguments
  • Increase number of default global imports for web conversion
  • Default properties now converted

C# -> VB

  • Fix DeclarationExpressions without a type throwing exception
  • Convert Throw Expressions to multi-line lambda function
  • Convert properties with no accessors
  • Fix error converting ObjectCollectionInitializerSyntax within object initializer
  • Escape predefined if they are used for the name of declaration

[5.6.3] - 2018-04-09

  • Improve support for sub-class snippets through the website
  • Best effort conversion with errors as comments inline
  • Tidy up duplicate import/using statements

VB -> C#

  • Using statements and array initialization improvements
  • Convert select case expressions
  • Fix for multi-parameter extension methods
  • Convert single line void delegates
  • Fix array initialization incorrect conversion bugs
  • Convert operator overloads
  • Overestimate when a method should be invoked with no parameters
  • Remove global namespace in conversion
  • Add Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices when convering an out parameter
  • Support Erase and Redim Preserve
  • Convert select case expressions
  • Extend support for converting with blocks

C# -> VB

  • Convert C# 7.0 features: "is pattern", throw and declaration expressions
  • Convert expression bodies
  • Fix to ensure Case Else always comes last in a Select statement
  • Convert base class constructor call
  • Fix convert char from integer cast
  • Convert hex literals to hex literals (rather than just integers)
  • Fix to avoid using "_" as a parameter name
  • Fix for loop variable missing declaration and initialization
  • Convert declare to extern
  • Fix to improve accuracy of adding AddressOf
  • Convert block syntax
  • Convert empty statement
  • Fix to avoid single line if-else statement's conversion causing compilation error
  • Fix to avoid delegate with no parameters throwing NullReferenceException

[5.6.2] - 2018-03-16

VB -> C#

  • Fix for change in logic when converting nested one-line if blocks
  • Fix for loss of precision in arithmetic when using / operator
  • Integer division and bit shifting now converted
  • Is and IsNot operators now converted
  • Narrowing and Widening conversion operators now converted
  • Linq query syntax with no select clause now converted
  • DirectCast operator now converted
  • Shadows modifier now converted (to new)

C# -> VB

  • Newline now appears before each attribute list
  • Fix for new converting to Shadows - it now maps to Overloads

[5.6.1] - 2018-03-06

  • VSIX: Gets conversion off the UI thread to avoid it freezing
  • VB -> C#: VB projects referencing other VB projects no longer error
  • VB -> C#: XmlDoc comments now are correctly newline terminated

[5.6.0] - 2018-03-05

Visual studio extension

  • New commands added to convert whole solution/project at once
  • Works reliably in VS2017
  • Instead of copy to clipboard, opens result as Visual Studio window for quick viewing
  • Writes summary to output window to explain what's happened
  • Project context used for all conversions

VB -> C#

  • Query expression syntax converted in simple cases
  • Anonymous object creation converted
  • Object initializer syntax converted
  • Converts comments in the majority of cases (though with some formatting oddities)
  • Now works on sub-method snippets
  • Names now fully qualified where necessary
  • Out parameters correctly converted

[5.5.0] - 2017-12-29

  • Move from Refactoring Essentials to a repository of its own
  • Separate NuGet
  • Separate VSIX
  • Improvements on the VB side