Links

There are HUNDREDS of VB sites out there, but no one can remember them all. Here is a selection...

Tutorials

• OfficeComputerTraining.com - Visual Basic Tutorial, James S. Laferriere, MCP - Very good for beginners.
• Luckey's vb gaming site - If you need to develop you own game using VB, this is for you. Tutorials and sources available.

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. Guide on how to best use Google
• VB6 online help - An online version of the MSDN library for Visual Basic 6
• MSDN library online - Everything you need to know about windows and the API

VB Sites

• gpwiki - The Visual Basic game programming wiki
• Karl E. Petersons classic VB code - A site devoted to Classic VB (VB6) code, samples, etc...
• Shrinkwrap VB - Older site about VfW video capture and AVI generation in VB
• VB Accelerator - Free code/libraries/information on anything (VB related)
• VBSpeed - For all the speed junkies, you'll find lots of very fast functions and excellent optimisation tips here
• VBWire - Visual Basic news and information source
• mvps - Visual Basic Developers Resource Centre
• Spider-Bit - Visual Basic Products / Tutorials / Sources
• VB Classes - An MSDN page all about VB Classes
• DirectX4VB - The source for DirectX and multimedia programming in Visual Basic
• 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.

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
• Compendium Online - Loads of tutorials on many areas
• DevX.com - Articles and source code sorted by difficulty degree.
• Winsockvb.com - Articles, tutorials and source code regarding the Winsock control.

Standards

• NTFS documentation - A bit off for Visual Basic, but still, one of the BEST resources for NTFS information.

3rd party utilities

VB extras

• InnoSetup - The best installer in the west
• ApiViewer 2004 - An updated version of ApiViewer, contains all declarations from Windows XP and lower.

Install creators

• MZ-Tools - A plugin to VB with a host of very useful features

Editors

• Resource Hacker - Simple easy to use resource editor
• UltraEdit32

Humour

• Dilbert - A satirical look at office life in the IT industry