Visual Studio 6.0 macros in Visual Studio 2005 IDE?

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Mick - 06 Aug 2007 00:50 GMT

Can Visual Studio 6.0 macros be used in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE, or do
they all have to be re-coded?

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Richard - 06 Aug 2007 01:45 GMT

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>Can Visual Studio 6.0 macros be used in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE, or do
>they all have to be re-coded?

You have to convert vbscript to vb.net, but otherwise they should work
although you might have to account for changes in the automation
model.

There really wasn't a whole lot of automation model exposed in vc6, so
most things are done by loading files into the editor and editing
them, which still works.

I never wrote much in VC6, so I didn't have any to convert to vb.net.

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Mick - 06 Aug 2007 02:52 GMT

Convert to vb.net, eh? Oooo, fun! I've got lots of 'em so I better get
started. :)

Thanks!

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Richard - 06 Aug 2007 04:58 GMT

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>Convert to vb.net, eh? Oooo, fun! I've got lots of 'em so I better get
>started. :)

Macros are much improved in VS.NET; they are real .NET code, so they
get compiled. There is also a separate IDE that lets you debug and
single-step the macros like any other code. Its *much* nicer for
developing macros than VC6. Plus the automation model exposes
everything now, not just a handfull of things (no more editing of
dsp/dsw files in the text editor!).

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Richard - 06 Aug 2007 17:23 GMT

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>Macros are much improved in VS.NET; they are real .NET code, so they
>get compiled. [...]

Also because they are real .NET code you can have real UI associated
with your macros instead of being limited to MsgBox and InputBox.

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