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Revision as of 19:35, 14 January 2006
There are HUNDREDS of VB sites out there, but no one can remember them all. Here is a selection...
Please note that this is a wiki so feel free to add your own links in the appropiate section or to remove/correct any links found to be dead.
Contents
Support
- How to ask questions - If you expect to get an answer, try giving as much information as possible
- Google - Contrary to popular belief, you are most likely NOT the first person to come across your problem.
- Google guide - How to use Google effectively
- VB6 online help - An online version of the VB6 help in MSDN
- MSDN library online - Everything you need to know about windows and the API
VB Sites
General
- Karl E. Petersons classic VB code - A site devoted to Classic VB (VB6) code, samples, etc...
- VB Accelerator - Free code/libraries/information on anything (VB related)
- VBWire - Visual Basic news and information source
- VBnet - Visual Basic developers resource centre
- Spider-Bit - Visual Basic products/tutorials/sources
- GH-Gold VB Keycodes - Special keys used in VB - If you need to use special characters like Carriage Return, Backspace, etc (note you can see a list of most keywords in VB by pressing Ctrl+Space or Ctrl+J).
- VBRun - The Microsoft Visual Basic 6 resource center.
- DevX.com - Articles and source code sorted by difficulty degree.
- EliteVB Archive - Articles and source code for various things (this is an archive of the EliteVB site)
Communications
- Winsockvb.com - Articles, tutorials and source code regarding the Winsock control.
Games
- GPWiki - The Visual Basic game programming wiki
Graphics
- Shrinkwrap VB - Older site about VfW video capture and AVI generation in VB
- DirectX4VB - The source for DirectX and multimedia programming in Visual Basic
Performance
- VBSpeed - For all the speed junkies, you'll find lots of very fast functions and excellent optimisation tips here
Strings
- Vovisoft VB6 Unicode functions - Series of VB6 functions for handling Unicode text and converting between different formats (Not quite sure what language it is though)
Tutorials
- Luckey's vb gaming site - If you need to develop you own game using VB, this is for you. Tutorials and sources available.
Source code sites
- FreeVBCode - Exactly what it says... Free VB code!
- No more pasting - Don't paste code in the channel. Here will do
- Planet Source Code - Planet Source Code. Millions of lines of visual basic, of all standards
Programming practices
- Making Wrong Code Look Wrong - Article on the common misconceptions about Hungarian notation and its use
Standards
- NTFS documentation - A bit off for Visual Basic, but still, one of the BEST resources for NTFS information.
3rd party utilities
VB extras
- ApiViewer 2004 - An updated version of ApiViewer, contains all declarations from Windows XP and lower.
- MZ-Tools - A plugin to VB with a host of very useful features
Install creators
- InnoSetup - The best installer in the west.
- NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) - Good competition.
Editors
- REd - Fully COM controllable and modular resource editor (still under development)
- Resource Hacker - Simple easy to use resource editor
- UltraEdit32
Humour
- Dilbert - A satirical look at office life in the IT industry
- Human virus scanner - What do YOU suffer from?