The recent conversation about LoadPicture as opposed to "New Resources()" in Jabaco has motivated me to begin a master document that will compare VB to Jabaco. I will start by creating a list of all of the subroutines and functions I rely on in VB (both native and API's), then note for each where the Jabaco equivalent is 1) exactly the same, 2) a different statement but supported, or 3) Designed in Jabaco but exhibiting bugs, or 4) impossible at this time.

I'm hoping others will have an interest in such a document, I'll post it once I have something started.

As always with "volunteer" efforts such as Jabaco, great thanks go out to the authors, and we should remember (or at least I should!) that Jabaco was never intended as a direct replacement of VB, but rather a VB-like language that allows instant access to Java platforms. And in that regard, it is already amazingly advanced. If we had a quick reference of Jabaco differences for us VB veterans, I think our projects and conversions could really take off.

Thank you, there is lots to remember.

Here is a sample of the doc I am envisioning. This one (obviously) doesn't have much info in it yet, I'm just testing a little program I wrote that outputs my notes as a simple (searchable) html document. Take a look at the attachment here, and you'll see that what I'm aiming for is a document for VB developers for easing into Jabaco, and understanding it's current status, advantages, and limitations, without constantly posting to the board (as I have been doing!)

Aww.. it wouldn't let me attach it as an html document. Copy this down, rename it as .html and you can view the document...

I'm creating the list with a quick and dirty utility that simply scans all of the files in my vb projects for keywords/etc, mostly screening out variable names and sub/functions names. What is left I add to my growing list, and can include constants, commonly used API functions via "declare", anything VB and VBA. Over time I hope it becomes the list of the most commonly used items in VB, and how to accomplish them in Jabaco.

The cross references are just part of my note taking utility, a tag in my comments that allows me to point one keyword to another, so I can group things. Then it dumps it out in a very simple HTML table, that can be easily updated. Every few weeks or so as I have time to work on it, I'll re-post the document here.

I don't know who will be interested in it, but will be a good quick reference for me, and might also make a good master test document for Jabaco compatibility concerns someday.

Eventually I'm hoping to include a module with the list, that will include as subroutines all the "work-arounds" described in the list...

Thought I'd post this again, I'm up to about "F" in my review. At this point about all I'm trying to do is assess the current status of these statements and functions in Jabaco. After that phase, I imagine going back through and posting work-arounds, support modules to accomplish tasks, etc.
Of course, if you see mistakes or disagree with something, let me know!

(you will have to change extension of file to html to view it...)

Haven't had a lot of time to work on this lately, but still going through taking a basic look, up to about "ParamArray" now...