VBCodeProvider.CreateParser() returns Nothing?

Question

Here is my code

Dim provider = New Microsoft.VisualBasic.VBCodeProvider()
Dim parser = provider.CreateParser()

parser is always Nothing. I know the Method CreateParser is obsoleted. How to create a VB code parser?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The parsers were never implemented. In any of the language providers. And never will, the method has been removed in .NET 4.0

There are alternatives, good looking ones in the top hits when you type "vb parser" in the google search box.