Future upgrades to my software

All my programs were originally written in Visual Studio 6, a development environment which has served me well but which is now getting long in the tooth. Therefore, I've been converting them to Visual Studio 2008, which is the latest incarnation.

Not all will be converted - and that's what this page is about.

App	Intention	Progress	Comments
BookDB3	Convert to VS2008	Beta version nearly ready	Databases all converted to XML, unlimited authors per book, unlimited categories, enter books with title only (no author, publisher, category required), all forms resizeable.
FCharts2	Convert to VS2008	Early days yet	FCharts is currently very fast and very stable, and therefore I will not be tackling this particular conversion until I've done all my other apps. Having said that, I've already written the data importer, price database and drawing code for several common charts.
HamTime2	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	Beta version available
Installer	Will not be updated	N/A	I wrote this installer to download and set up the ancilliary files needed to run Visual Studio 6 programs on Windows 95 and later. Now that the Microsoft CLR includes all necessary runtime files, this program is no longer relevant.
RMP3	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	Already done & running fine. Beta version available
Sonar3	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	Changes detailed on the Sonar 3 page. Program available here.
Track-a-Minute	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	Up and running, and you can download a beta of the new version here
yBook2	Convert to VS2008	Conversion in progress	Masses of optimised font-drawing code make this one a tough conversion.
yCopy2	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	Up and running. If you want to play with the pre-release beta, it's online here
yGen2	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	Up and running. See the yGen 2 pages here.
yLaunch2	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	If you really want to see the pre-release beta, it's online here, although the pages aren't finished.
yLend2	Convert to VS2008	99% done	Up and running. Debugging the beta.
yMail2	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	I've finished converting this one, and I've been using it as my primary email client for some months now. If you want to play with the pre-release beta you'll find it here
yPlay	Convert to VS2008	Conversion in progress	Preliminary work only.
yRead	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	yRead3 is up and running, and you can download a beta here. (Requires the .NET 3.0 runtimes because of the speech synthesis.)
yRoute	Leave in VS6	N/A	Flight Sim X (FSX) is out now, and I'm not updating to support it.
yTimer2	Convert to VS2008	Not started	VS2008 + control collections = a nightmare.
yWriter5	Convert to VS2008	Beta version available now	If you want to play with the pre-release beta you'll find it here

Please note - to run apps written in VS2008 users will need to download the appropriate Common Language Runtime (CLR) from Microsoft. It's a free download.

Linux users can install and run the same programs using Wine.

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