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* [http://www.nomorepasting.com/ No more pasting] - Don't paste code in the channel. Here will do
 
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* [http://www.pscode.com/vb Planet Source Code] - Planet Source Code. Millions of lines of visual basic, of all standards
 
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== Programming practices ==
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* [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html Making Wrong Code Look Wrong] - Article on the common misconceptions about Hungarian notation and its use
  
 
== Standards ==
 
== Standards ==

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.

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

Programming practices

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

Editors

  • REd - Fully COM controllable and modular resource editor (still under development)
  • Resource Hacker - Simple easy to use resource editor
  • UltraEdit32

Humour