67 files found in Library "Tools for VB Programmers"

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ADDITEM.EXE No 9860 8/17/1991
Additem is VB code that illustrates a
potential problem with adding fixed length
strings to a List Box.
AVI_WI.EXE No 10237 4/21/1993
AVI_WI (Mathison, Rolf; $0) contains
annotated VB source code to play AVI files
in any window, rather than the default
random window.
BASICBAS.ZIP Yes 440049 12/23/1993
BasicBasic 1.52 (Davidsaver, Mark; $15) lets
you compile BASIC programs for DOS or
Windows. Not all "standard" BASIC commands
are supported. This is a very easy way to
develop small programs without regard for
which environment they will run under.
Several sample files are included for
compiling, and ASCII source code is accepted.
INSIGHT.EXE No 169388 11/17/1992
Basic Insight 2.00 (McKelvy Enterprises;
$30) helps with the documentation and
debugging of Microsoft BASIC and Visual
Basic programs. It provides a formatted
source listing and variable cross-reference
for each subroutine and for the program as a
whole.
BITMAP.EXE No 20376 7/22/1991
BitMap (Young, Ted; $0) is code for an
"application" that simply illustrates the
use of all the VB Picture Box functions.
BUSTER.EXE No 75564 5/18/1993
Buster automates the VB environment. It
saves code and inserts declares and
constants in your project.
CLK_DBL.FRM No 1557 10/19/1991
Click & Double-Click (Ford, Nelson ASP; $0)
is code that shows how to trap both the
click and double-click events for a control.
CLONER.ZIP Yes 35147 12/21/1993
Cloner 1.1 (Big Dog Software, reg. fee: $15)
helps you copy reusable components in VB
projects to new projects. It simplifies file
movement, editing and management.
COLCALC.EXE No 6388 8/23/1991
Color Calculator (Evers, Dave; $0) displays
color number for color combo selected on
sliding bars. VB source code is included.
COPYCODE.ZIP Yes 16845 1/24/1994
CopyCode 1.2 purports to let you open .BAS
and .FRM files while in VB so that you can
cut-and-paste code from another program to
the current one. However, it appears to only
read files saved in ASCII, which could be
done with Notepad. (If we are wrong about
this, someone let us know.) (Andre Koot,
reg. fee: $0)
CURSS.ZIP Yes 2160 2/17/1994
Crashed Cursor Savior uses the ShowCursor
API function to display lost cursors.
Requires VBRUN300. (Continuum Enterprises,
reg. fee: $0)
DLG_WIZ.ZIP Yes 5276 3/21/1994
Dialog Wizard generates all necessary code
for standard Open and Save As dialogs
without having to consult the VB manual or
online help. All details are entered on a
simple screen and the code is put in the
Clipboard, ready for pasting into your app's
code. (Dave Th. Hutmacher, reg. fee: $0)
DLL4VB.EXE No 4748 9/11/1992
DLL4VB is an example of how to make a simple
DLL for VB with BC++. C and VB source
included.
DLSNIFF.EXE No 14409 10/23/1992
DLL Sniffer v1.0 (Hutmacher, Dave; $9) finds
and lists all Declares for external Subs and
Functions in your source code.
FRMT_VB.ZIP Yes 43228 12/16/1993
FormatVB (Larry Rebich, reg. fee: $0) reads
a VB text file, sorts the controls,
subroutines and functions then creates a
line numbered file suitable for input to
your favorite word processor. The output is
preceeded by a handy table of contents. This
contains the VB source code and help source
and a compiled help file.
GETDEC.EXE No 35830 10/17/1991
GetDec (MicroHelp, Inc.; $0) eliminates
unused DLL declarations from the Global
module of your programs, resulting in a
smaller EXE.
GETYOUR.ZIP Yes 22051 12/16/1993
GetYour$ (Michael Haschka, reg. fee: $5)
contains VB3 source code for printing a
Shareware order form, registration number
dialog, nag screens and app customization
with the registered user's name.
HYPR_VB.EXE No 11443 4/21/1992
Hyper (Martin, Wendell; $0) shows how to add
hypertext to your VB programs.
JUNQUE.EXE No 6011 4/22/1993
Junque shows how you can implement an
activity indicator for open-ended routines
by displaying a message box that "Things Are
Happening".
LOADED.ZIP Yes 762201 12/17/1993
Loaded for Visual Basic (szConsulting, reg.
fee: $15) is a useful set of utilities for
VB programmers. It provides management tools
for your favorite VB add-ons, help files,
and text files. An optional auto-save
feature can save your work at at any
user-defined interval. It also provides
faster access to custom controls, VB
launching options, and much more.
MESSGB.ZIP Yes 8643 11/17/1993
MessGbox (Louis Collado, reg. fee: $0)
allows you to flip through all the boxes
available with the msgbox command and
quickly view the default button, return
values and also get a visual of what the box
will look like.
MRBDNC.EXE No 42875 6/8/1993
MRB Drop n' Comp (CHC Software; $0) is a
Windows front end for the Microsoft Multiple
Resolution Bitmap Compiler. It enables you
to select a group of files using File
Manager and drop them onto the MRB Drop 'n'
Comp window or icon. An Auto Launch feature
automatically starts compilation when a
pre-determined number of files have been
selected.
MSGBOX.EXE No 23449 8/20/1991
MsgBox Editor (Buhrer, Richard; $0) makes it
easy to set up MsgBoxes. Run this utility,
click on the elements you want, add the
text, and it generates the source code for
you on the Clipboard for you to paste into
your program.
PRETTYPR.ZIP Yes 109759 11/2/1993
PrettyPrint 1.0 (Sirkin, Bert; $0) is a
source code text printer for Visual Basic.
It has options for bold and italic text, two
different typefaces, various point sizes,
and more. It also formats source code with
line numbers.
PRVB13.ZIP Yes 61612 11/23/1993
PrintVB 1.3a (Kyle Brant, reg. fee: $18) is
a source code printing utility for VB. Many
formatting options are available. Requires
VBRUN200.
PROONTOP.ZIP Yes 3032 1/24/1994
Properties On Top lets the VB programmer
keep the Properties window on top to make it
easier to access. (Eric Sauve, reg. fee: $0)
PROPVW.EXE No 15685 8/15/1991
PropView (Microsoft; $0) is a Custom Control
that can display the properties of the
current form and allows printing of the
control properties.
PSPFRM.EXE No 7220 8/22/1992
PSPFrm is source code that allows printing a
form, including border and caption, to a
PostScript or PCL printer. Print size is
adjustable.
PTK_CC.EXE No 320102 6/11/1992
PTK Control Center (Obeda, Ed; $11) makes it
easy to add Professional Toolkit Custom
Controls to your VB apps. In addition,
commonly used tools can be saved and
automatically selected on startup.
RWDEMO.ZIP Yes 6009 3/28/1994
RWDemo contains a sample executable to show
how easy it is to add Version info and extra
icons to a VB application with Borland's
Resource Workshop. (Gregg Irwin, reg. fee:
$0)
SAVEME.EXE No 5766 2/21/1992
Saveme (Irwin, Gregg; $0) provides you with
a reminder, as well as the ability, to save
a project before running it. Forgetting to
save before running is a sure way to lose
lots of work over time. While Irwin designed
this as a stand-alone, it seems like it
would be more effective to make it the
start-up form in your program during the
design and testing period.
SAVEPRJ.ZIP Yes 8669 3/28/1994
SavePRJ provides a quick and simple way to
backup your VB projects to floppy disk.
Requires VBRUN300. (Thomas Kiehl, reg. fee:
$5)
SCBAR.EXE No 18371 1/28/1993
Scbar (Software Assist Corporation; $0)
shows how to have scroll bars represent up
to a billion.
SETUPK.ZIP Yes 12641 10/8/1993
Setup 1.00.004 (reg. fee: $0) is an updated
version of SETUP.EXE for VB.
SETUPW.ZIP Yes 34062 10/8/1993
Setupwiz 1.00.532 (reg. fee: $0) contains an
updated version of SETUPWIZ.EXE for VB3.
SNIPPIT.ZIP Yes 86310 1/4/1994
Snippits for Windows is a small VB database
program that keeps all those little code
fragments that you need to look up all the
time. It allows you to enter a description
or keywords and then find the code that
matches. Requires VBRUN300 and MSAJT110.DLL.
(reg. fee: $?)
SPATCH.ZIP Yes 5241 12/20/1993
Stack Patch (reg. fee: $0) patches the VB3
EXE so that compiled executables will have
40K of stack space rather than 20K. Source
code is provided.
SUBDOC21.ZIP Yes 106183 2/17/1994
SubDoc 2.10 is for documenting VB source
code. It catalogues, displays and prints
procedures, types, global variables and
constants with detailed entries extracted
from remarks in the original source. This
can be used with all the sources in a
project or all the reusable sources that are
in the development directory to provide a
catalogue of re-usable code. It can also
create a calling tree for a procedure.
(Peter Fox, reg. fee: $35)
VB_ASST.EXE No 6999 5/20/1992
VB Assistant (English, Donald R.; $0)
displays a menu that lets you save and run
the application you are working on, invoke
an icon editor, or quickly gain access to
all help and text files which relate to
Visual Basic. Source code and executable are
included.
VBGLOB.ZIP Yes 30924 8/17/1988
VB Global Constant Help (Thorpe, Rick; $0)
is VB3's CONSTANT.TXT in Windows HLP format.
VBPRIN.ZIP Yes 30916 2/18/1994
VB Print 1.0 provides customizable printing
of a project. Features include selectable
code highlighting, right justified line
wrapping, project and page headers along
with form and icon printing capabilities.
Requires VBRUN300.DLL (InTouch Software,
reg. fee: $5)
VB2DOC.ZIP Yes 17774 10/8/1993
VB Source to Document (Eddie Juden, reg.
fee: $25) creates a Word For Windows
document from any MAK file. Windows .MAK
file and will then create a document based
on the .FRM and .BAS files contained within.
The finished document will be formatted with
all SUB's and FUNCTIONs highlighted, all
Rem'med statements will be formatted in
italics, all SUBs and FUNCTIONs will be
checked for total usage by your program (if
option selected), and a Table of Contents
will be created marking all .FRM, .BAS,
SUBs, and FUNCTIONs.
VBXPAND.EXE No 16995 3/24/1993
VB/Expand (Beekes, Bernd; $0) is an add-on
package for VB2. It provides instant access
to help and text files, automatic insertion
of headers for forms/modules/subroutines/
functions, inclusion and exclusion of other
files, and an open interface to code
generation tools.
VB2EXT.EXE No 14754 11/18/1992
VB-2-EXT (Hutmacher, David Th.; $0) lets you
easily reuse Declare statements from
existing VB source code. It displays a list
of all the BAS files on the selected drive
and a list of all the Declares in a selected
BAS file.
VBTIPS.ZIP Yes 120832 11/2/1993
VB-Tips (Compiled by Ford, Nelson ASP; $0)
is a large compilation of VB programming
tips, routines and common questions and
answers contributed by a number of VB
experts. Source code for a viewing program
is included for accessing the text file.
VB2LIST.EXE No 7415 7/26/1993
VB2List (Barlow, Chris; $0) is a Word for
Windows 2.0 template that will read Visual
Basic MAK files and locate all FRM and BAS
files. Then it will read these files and
create an outline and table of contents of
all Subs and Functions.
VBBOOKS.EXE No 17093 4/23/1993
VBBooks is a list of currently available
books about Visual Basic. Information
includes name of book, publisher,
publisher's address, phone numbers and a
brief description of the book.
VBCLEAN.EXE No 9625 6/17/1992
VBClean (Hite, David; $0) is source for an
automatic save/load procedure needed to
shrink VB executables.
VBEVENTS.ZIP Yes 24191 11/19/1993
VBEvents 1.0 (ETN Corporation, reg. fee:
$70) is a Visual Basic 3.0 application that
is used to test Click, Change, GotFocus, and
LostFocus events under various conditions.
VBE.ZIP Yes 10559 11/19/1993
VBE (Digital Solutions; $15) adds two useful
text options to VB. It allows you to save
selected text to a file and to print
selected text. These options will appear
under the File Menu in VB.
VBFLUSH.EXE No 7650 11/19/1992
VBFlush 1.1 (Moccia, Lou A.; $4) automates
the process of save/load/replace for VB
projects.
VBLAUNC.EXE No 11887 11/20/1992
VBLaunch (Simms, Jeff; $0) adds a Launch
item to the VB menu bar in which it lists
everything in Program Manager. This lets you
access all the programs from PM without
leaving VB. Whether you need this feature or
not, the source code that is included has
many interesting routines in it.
VBL_JF.EXE No 11749 4/24/1993
VBLaunch (Freudenheim, J.; $0) keeps track
of your projects (MAK files); lets you pick
one from a list and launch VB. Source
included.
VBMACRO.EXE No 9892 6/17/1992
VBMacro (Campbell, George; $0) is a group of
macros for the Windows macro recorder that
can save you a lot of keystrokes when
writing code in VB.
VBPATHS.EXE No 20268 11/20/1992
VBPaths (Brown, Tim; $0) reads a MAK file
and shows the path that each Project file is
in.
VBPLUS.ZIP Yes 193762 11/19/1993
VBPlus ToolBar 1.0d adds over 30 shortcut
keys to VB. They include: a project zipper,
quick help access, full time resource and
memory guages to monitor your work, a
multi-file dialog, and more. (Bill
Pennington, reg. fee: $25)
VBPROJ.EXE No 16174 11/19/1992
VBProject 1.0 (Kallonen, Jari; $0) is a
handy start-up tool for VB. It displays up
to 12 of your Projects on buttons; click a
button and it loads VB and the selected
Project. Commented VB source for VBProject
is provided.
VBSAVE.EXE No 5262 3/19/1993
VBsave (Lawrence, John A.; $0) automatically
saves your work in VB after a specified
number of minutes. A dialog box pops up to
give you the option of saving or not.
VBTDISK1.ZIP Yes 133114 8/25/1993
VBToolBox Pro 3.0c (Jurcik, Hal; $55)
automates the process of saving and running
code in Visual Basic 2.0. Functions are also
included for calling text files, Icon
editors, add-on help files, or just about
any program from within the VB editing
environment.
VBTDISK2.ZIP Yes 151387 9/29/1993 See above.
VBTDISK3.ZIP Yes 88986 9/29/1993 See above.
NAM_VB.ZIP Yes 11854 10/7/1993
Visual Basic Conventions and Guidelines (Jim
Collier, reg. fee: $?) contains a complete
VB naming convention and resource text. It
Includes methods for creating readable,
reusable code and covers data access.
VBO120.ZIP Yes 200091 1/8/1994
Visual Basic Office 1.2 is an add-on package
for VB. Features include a Code Librarian
for managing reusable code, a ClipBoard File
Manager that saves Clipboard text for
search/retrieval, ButtonBar access to EXE,
HLP document, VBX and MAK files, and much
more. (Marquette Computer Consultants, $40)
VBASICS.ZIP Yes 141611 11/2/1993
Visual Basics #16-#22 (Seymour, Barry; $0)
contains articles dealing with various
Visual Basic topics.
WIN_DLL.EXE No 1922 11/2/1993
WinDLL Fastrack (Wildcat Software; $?) is a
tutorial/reference tool for accessing
Windows calls. Subjects include
Communications, System information, Windows
Messaging, and INI files. Stand-alone
example programs are provided to allow users
to test individual Windows calls by
supplying the parameters and evaluating the
return values, and references are supplied
in a Windows Help file.
VBWINSPY.ZIP Yes 34244 10/8/1993
Windows ID Spy (David Stewart, reg. fee: $0)
will identify the Class Name, hWnd (Handle),
Parent and Caption of any window or control
the mouse passes over, as well as the x and
y coordinates of the window's or control's
rectangle. These pieces of data can then be
passed as parameters to Windows API
functions or used in other ways.
MMSYS.EXE No 15334 7/19/1993
Winmmsys.txt (Microsoft Corp.; $0) is a text
file containing the Windows 3.1 Multimedia
API Declarations.