Alternate IDE for VB6 and VBA

Question

I was spoiled by Visual studio 2008 and Eclipse and have a little work to do to support the VB6 application.

Does anyone know an alternate / updated IDE for VB6?

Rewriting is not an option. I am just fixing a couple of errors, and this is a large code base.

Answer 1

I have never heard of an alternative IDE for Vb6. However, these two (free) VB6 add-ons are indispensable and make your life easier, especially if there is a lot of code. They are equally effective for VBA in Microsoft Office.

MZ-Tools : provides an excellent collection of IDE tools - search for unused variables, unused methods, excellent "search all", code snippets. Written by Carlos J. Quintero, to whom I now owe hours and hours.

http://www.mztools.com/v3/mztools3.aspx

And SmartIndenter , which performs all automatic indentation. He does one thing, and all is well.

http://www.oaltd.co.uk/Indenter/Default.htm

Answer 2

Some time ago I did some research, and nothing came of it. I do not believe that you have any real alternatives ...

But you could think about it: http://www.axtools.com/products/cs2k3vb_screenshots.htm This looks pretty promising.

Addin for Visual Basic 6.0 packs over 50 professional tools and assistants. Code View Assistant enriches the standard VB6 code editor with branches for conditional statements, line-end data, and hotspots. In addition, the code analyzer determines dead and slow code, SmartComplete and AutoText tools you write code you never dreamed of owning, while the advanced Project Explorer with the code extension and viewing the code stream can make access the code location - a quick action that you always necessary. Other tools: advanced Find, find links, Designer Explorer, Code Formatting, TabOrder Designer (with automatic order), HotKey Designer, Error Handler Contributor, Exception Protection, Spelling Checker, Line Editor, Comments Compliance Controller, Task Manager, Code Snippet Manager , Naming Standard Manager.Version 2007 adds a Designer parser, a user interface, a Standard property manager, Explorer library, including designer fragments, many improvements in most subsystems.

Answer 3

Visual Basic tools for Visual Studio let you open a vb6 project in visual studio 2012/2013, with a basic description, syntax coloring and a few more things.

His work continues, but if I have some live dead vb6 programs for support, this is ... intriguing.

Except that there is no graphical editor, there is no debugging. I am afraid that these points (especially debugging) are transaction violators. (Of course, I understand that not everything is possible).

Answer 4

Because the VB6 IDE does not detect file changes made outside of the IDE, it can be quite difficult to develop code outside the VB6 IDE without the risk of losing code changes.

But you can build the VB6 project from the command line so that you can perform simple VB development using any text editor / IDE that can run a command to output it.

But for things like GUI changes and debugging, there really is no choice but to return to the VB6 environment.

Here are the commands needed to run the build from the DOS command prompt:

set PATH="d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\";%PATH% vb6.exe /out ErrorFile.txt /make MyProject.vbp 

FWIW Zeus IDE has the ability to import a VB project file and display project details in the project / workspace tree. It will also assemble output capture.

Answer 5

Yes, no alternative IDEs for VB6 afaik. But one of the irreplaceable inscriptions that I used was CodeHelp. It gives you tabs! for windows, simple tab design, full-screen switcher, and possibly a mouse add-on. Check it out on the Source Source Source page. And do not forget to check the comments for downloading to the installation file, as I had problems with the source code and the author’s site.

Answer 6

I used Visual Assist X while programming in VB6. This is an add-on for coloring code.
It must be when you are used to VS2005 +
I do not know if VB6 is supported in the current version, so you should take a look and see for yourself (and possibly get an older version)

Answer 7

DoyleSoft BASIC Alternative Visual Basic

jabaco compiler too -

Answer 8

CodeHelp Add-In 2.2 An amazing VB6 plugin for organizing and coding.

http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=62468&lngWId=1

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