C# Base to VB.net MyBase

jpatrick · September 2nd, 2009, 11:43 AM

I am building the 'TheBeerHouse' project in vb.net (the book is written in C#). Once I understand the concepts, I can usually convert it to vb. However, there are a few areas that give my some problems (which I will address individually). The first issue I have is the C# 'base' to VB 'MyBase'.
Here is the C# code I am trying to convert:

Code:

namespace TheBeerHouse.Configuration
{
 public class TheBeerHouseSection : ConfigurationSection
 {
  public readonly static TheBeerHouseSection Current = (TheBeerHouseSection)WebConfigurationManager.GetSection("theBeerHouse");
  [ConfigurationProperty("articles", IsRequired = true)]
  public ArticlesElement Articles
  {
   get { return (ArticlesElement)base["articles"]; }
  }
 }
}

And here is VB.Net converted code:

Code:

Namespace TheBeerHouse.Configuration 
    Public Class TheBeerHouseSection 
        Inherits ConfigurationSection 
        Public Shared ReadOnly Current As TheBeerHouseSection = DirectCast(WebConfigurationManager.GetSection("theBeerHouse"), TheBeerHouseSection) 
 
        <ConfigurationProperty("articles", IsRequired := True)> _ 
        Public ReadOnly Property Articles() As ArticlesElement 
            Get 
                Return DirectCast(MyBase("articles"), ArticlesElement) 
            End Get 
        End Property 
    End Class 
End Namespace

My understanding of this conversion is that I need to grab the attributes of the <articles> element under the <theBeerHouse> custom section in the web.config file.

This code does not compile and the get the following error: 'MyBase' must be followed by '.' and an identifier.

Thanks,

Lee Dumond · September 2nd, 2009, 02:22 PM

Try this instead:

Code:

<ConfigurationProperty("articles", IsRequired:=True)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Articles() As ArticlesElement
    Get
        Return CType(Me("articles"), ArticlesElement)
    End Get
End Property

wagham · November 16th, 2009, 02:45 PM

Do you have a date when the VB version of the code might be ready?

jpatrick · November 16th, 2009, 03:05 PM

Wagham, while doing research, I found this book by Chris Love:

http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTit...470187581.html

It solves all my issues regarding C# to VB.Net

Lee Dumond · November 16th, 2009, 03:08 PM

I would point out that the Chris Love book is straight WebForms, not MVC at all. Though they both deal with TheBeerHouse, they are two completely different books.

wagham · November 16th, 2009, 04:11 PM

You're right, Lee, I have both Chris Love's book using WebForms and the similar book by Berardi, Katawazi and Bellinaso using MVC. Having got into Love's book, I do not find it as easy to follow as the earlier Bellinaso book with a similar title but using ASP.NET 2.0.

MVC is something new to me and so I will be using the new B, K & B book, but adding functions such as the Calendar of Events from Love's book. So, if there is no VB version of the code available, we'll see how good the C# to VB translators on the Web are.