VB:Development Tools

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Here you will find a list of both free and commercial tools and add-ins for Visual Basic.

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Add-ins for the Visual Basic IDE

Add-ins for Visual Basic can be created with the Visual Basic IDE itself using a special project template. Add-ins are often used to simplify repetetive tasks or to add new functionallity to the IDE. Add-ins made for the Visual Basic IDE are special case dll-filers that are very easily integrated into the IDE.

MZ-Tools 
A must-have add-in for any Visual Basic programmer. This add-in provides easy acces to a large number of new features, most of which you will have trouble living without once you've gotten used to them. Version 3 works with both Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Visual Basic 5 and Visual Basic 6. Version 4 of the add-in is for Visual Basic .NET. Highly recommended.
Ulli's Code Formatter 
Great add-in for keeping the structure and layout of you code, while getting infomation about un-optimized code and how you can make it better.
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External tools for Visual Basic

Tools to help you be more productive and make less error-prone code are a programmer's best friend. Here you'll find some of the most useful of them.

API-Guide 
An invaluable tool for any programmer who wishes to take advantage of the powerful Windows APIs. It provides an overview of the roughly 950 most commonly used APIs along with extensive descriptions of the parameters, list of supported systems, numerous examples and more. Availiable in many different languages.
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