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UPX (the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables). A free high-performance executable packer for several different executable formats, including linux/elf386, vmlinuz/386 and win32/pe. It achieves an excellent compression ratio and offers *very* fast decompression.
Pradeep's Home Page. Some useful COM+ and .NET links.
ApiViewer (formerly API Toolshed). A free program similar to API Text Viewer containing lots of API declarations, constants, and type definitions.
VB CAD/Geo Tools. Tools, algorithms, source code, and some ActiveX controls for graphics. Some interesting algorithms: contouring, polygon triangulation, Direct3D, etc.
VB-2-The-Max. A big source code repository.
Planet Source Code. Another big source code repository.
Access 2002 and SQL Server Development Seminar. This seminar by noted Author Rick Dobson targets Access database developers and SQL Server DBAs who wish to take advantage of Access RAD techniques.
InformIT's Free Library. Literally hundreds of free books online! Some of the books that are most relevant to Visual Basic users include:
- Using Visual Basic 6
- Special Edition Using Visual Studio 6
- Sams Teach Yourself Visual InterDev 6 in 24 Hours
- Presenting C#
- Visual Basic 5 Database Developer's Guide
- Dan Appleman's Developing ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 5.0
The library also includes lots of C++, Delphi, VB5, and other books.
Using DLLs and The Windows API. A lot of the more advanced VB Helper examples use API functions. This tutorial provides an introduction to using DLLs and API functions in your VB programs.
The Joy of VB. A lot of "Bio-Logic" applications and tools using some sophisticated algorithms from my book Ready-to-Run Visual Basic Algorithms.
FreeMesh. A 3-D graphics site with some 3-dimensional meshes. The picture gallery shows a bunch of images created in Light FX, a Visual Basic program built by the Web Master.
Focus on Visual Basic. A small but growing collection of ActiveX controls and code. Includes an interesting DirectX 7 game called Haunted Maze.
Dutch's VB Code Library. A good selection of VB code. This site also sells some interesting shareware.
Ariad Software. Freeware ActiveX controls, code snippets, etc. Toolbars, status bars, panels, rotated text, and more.
Forbidden CH. A German Visual Basic site.
DevX .NET Resources. A whole bunch of .NET links.
Visual Basic Guide. Some small example executable programs mostly for beginners.
Guru's CyberHome. Question and Answers, Tips and Tricks, Sample Code.
ITtoolbox Visual Basic Knowledge Base. Links to tutorials, newsletters, books, etc. Lots of material. Two newsletters: one for VB developers and one for VB managers.
Active VB. Lots of tips and tricks, a forum, tutorials, etc. in German.
About Visual Basic. More tips and tricks, tutorials, etc. in German.
Visual Basic. A Hungarian VB site.
VBUG. Visual Basic User Group UK. An online magazine, discussion forum, etc. Now focusing on Visual Studio.NET.
ZAP Software. A VB6 and Delphi site. Right now it has a hypertext component and a program called AutoFiler that allows you to rename multiple files.
www.programmierung2000.de. A German site with information for C/C++, Visual Basic, and JavaScript. About a dozen Visual Basic articles.
VISUAL BASIC IN BELGIË. A small Dutch site with half a dozen or so articles.
SmartAddins.com. A small site for posting AddIns you can add to your development environment. Right now it only has one, a code snippet manager. Go to the site and contribute or suggest others.
Visual Basic FAQ. An excellent selection of articles on all sorts of VB topics. If you haven't looked here, you should do so.
Guru4vedi. A small site with about a dozen VB-related topics.
Numerical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology. VB routines for statistical functions. They deal with genetics and medicine but it could be useful if you have other statistical needs. Random numbers with different distributions, probability distribution simulations with frequency histograms, plotting subroutines, etc.
VB Planet. A very nicely designed site that doesn't have a lot of content yet. Drop by and submit some.
vbscuola.it. Italian site intended for teachers and schools using Visual Basic. Includes news, software for free download, tutorials (mostly beginner), etc.
Dr.X Visual Basic Source. Lots of examples taken from other sites (including VB Helper) grouped in meaningful categories.
VBTrainer.com. Samples and tutorials, mostly about data objects (DataEnvironment, DataGrid, etc).
VB6 SP4. Click here for the English version of the Visual Basic part of Visual Basic 6 Service Pack 4. Click here for information on the entire service pack.
PlatformVB. A couple advanced tricks for ComboBoxes and Grids. More importantly, some useful information on dial-up networking and RAS.
ProgrammingMSAccess.com. Access and SQL server tutorials, FAQs, etc. by author and conference speaker Rick Dobson.
Andy's Visual Basic Site. A fair number of tutorials and samples.
CodeSites.com. A collection of development-related links. Click here for the Visual Basic related links.
The Joy of VB. Intermediate and advanced prorgams covering some very interesting topics: chaos, fractals, genetic algorithms, etc.
LocoSoft's Home Page. A Spanish site including ActiveX controls, tips, examples, some tutorials, etc.
VB Town. Several ActiveX controls, a good assortment of tips and tricks, etc. Worth a visit!
Doom3d. A three-dimensional Doom-like game written in Visual Basic using Direct3D and DirectSound.
Deja Computing. A few examples, games, some shortest path stuff, etc.
The VB Zone (another one). Examples, DLLs, etc. just starting out.
The VB Zone. Several beginner's tutorials, plus some game programming information including DirectX 7 tank battle game.
Visual Basic Only. A Visual Basic links site.
Neil Fraser's Parallel Port Monitor. The VB program available here lets you monitor and modify parallel port settings.
AbstractVB. Redesigned and greatly expanded. This has grown into a nice collection of examples and tutorials.
Migrating from DAO to ADO, Using ADO with the Jet Provider. As the title indicates, it talks about how to migrate from the older DAO to ADO. If you are still using DAO, you really should take a look at this.
Moreno Sirri VB Site. An Italian Visual Basic site (I'm not qualified to say much about non-English sites).
Mundo Visual - Visual Basic. A Spanish Visual Basic site (I'm still not qualified to say much about non-English sites).
VB World. A small but nice collection of tutorials, mostly at the beginng and intermediate level.
Jason's VB Page. A new site with a few example programs, several games.
Home of Dr Zed Productions. A small site containing some good VB and HTML examples.
MVP.org. A collection of sites by extremely talented programmers who have all sorts of advanced code for you to look at. This is a "must see."
Brad Martinez's MVP page. Lots of great advanced examples. Another "must see."
FAST.Software Home Page. A bunch of FREEWARE ActiveX Controls & OLE classes to make programming easier.
A Visual Basic Tip. A handful of advanced tips.
PDzine. A Web design and VB site with a small but growing number of examples.
Windows CE Home Page. Microsoft's Windows CE home page.
Rotten Fruitcake Software. Some home grown games in progress including Bob's Problem, a game similar to Breakout. Click here to see an animated GIF of the game in action.
The Visual Basic Learning Center. Several code snippets for manipulating different controls and a chat area.
A1VBCode. A fairly extensive assortment of examples and code snippets.
VBShop. Visual Basic tips, articles, and shareware.
MSDN Online Code Center. A Microsoft site containing code samples and example programs.
MSDN Online Bug Center. A Microsoft site containing bug-related information.
Visual Basic 7. Microsoft's sneak preview of what will be in Visual Basic 7.
Programming Links. A new links site. Go add your link.
Visual Basic Resource Center. A new site that has yet to add content.
VB Web. A bunch of beginner and intermediate tutorials. For example, instructions on how to use ComboBoxes, RichTextBoxes, etc.
Visual Basic Galaxy. An Italian site with lots of material.
Asmodeus - Multiplayer RPG. A multi-player role-playing game written in VB. Source code available for $20.
VB by JC. Intermediate and advanced stuff, much of it API examples.
Black Belt Visual Basic. Some good step-by-step examples of advanced techniques (ADO, API, AppenbdChunk and GetChunk, etc.). This site also answers questions.
Willy's Freeware. Some freeware utilities written in Visual Basic. Source code is available on request.
Black Belt Visual Basic. Several detailed articles about using advanced features (AppendChunk, SendMessage, threads, etc).
Erix World of Visual Basic. A handfull of tips and examples, including one that validates credit card numbers. I've long wondered how that works.
Alexandria VB Search Engines. Search engines for: Microsoft Knowledge Base, MSDN Lilbrary, Planet Source Code, and a couple others.
Active Aggressive. Resources for object-oriented component development in Visual Basic.
VB Frood. A German Visual Basic site including a bunch of unique examples.
Slice and Dice. A template-based programming tool to increase programmer productivity. Download an evaluations copy at the Web site.
bugsite's Visual Basic page. A couple dozen tips, tricks, and examples.
vbip.com - Visual Basic Internet Programming. Tutorials, source code, ActiveX components, etc. for Visual Basic Internet programmers.
Planet Source Code. Gobs of VB code (also Java, C, and C++) covering too many topics to list them all.
Lucky's VB Gaming Site. Some tutorials, DirectX information, and obviously VB game information.
VB-Database. Articles, downloads including some WinSock stuff, etc.
The Programmer's Guild. A smallish site with several tutorials and examples you can download.
Peter's Programmers Heaven. A site with some games written in Visual Basic using DirectX 7.
Artículo de Visual Basic 5.0. A Visual Basic course in Spanish.
Microsoft's DirectX site. DirectX lets you add extremely higher performance graphics to your Visual Basic applications.
Freeskills.com. A bunch of FREE training guides. Go here for the Visual Basic course list.
Visual Basic 6.0 - The HomePage. A few tools and OCXs that may be handy.
Visual Basic Programming Site. Lots of information on different kinds of controls (how to use CommandButtons, Labels, etc.)
The KPD-Homepage. A great site that's fast, friendly, and full of useful code examples.
FreeVBCode.com. A couple hundred code samples demonstrating beginner, intermediate, and advanced techniques. An excellent resource!
gkmtech.com. Information on programming languages (Visual Basic, Java, C++, ...) and jobs.
Constructors in VB. A paper about "constructors" in Visual Basic. If you don't know what these are, read this paper.
Windows API Guide. An extensive site describing Windows API functions and giving examples using them in Visual Basic.
The VB Forum. A small site with high quality tips, tricks, and shareware/freeware.
Rational Brains Home Page. A couple controls you can add to your projects.
MatrixVB. A COM library of matrix math functions for Visual Basic. More than 600 functions including FFT, polynomial solving and fitting, etc.
TILISOFT Developer Resources. VB, VBA, VB Script, Java, JavaScript, HTML, etc.
Developer's Domain. Code samples and articles about Visual Basic, ASP, and Web scripting.
The Agent LaunchPad. A site about using agents in VB (agents are those little characters that do things like help in the latest Office products. Clippy, Merlin, etc.).
Visual Basic Bookmark. A big list of resource links for VB, other languages, Web development, etc.
Component Source. More than 1500 programming tools and utilities.
Programmers Heaven. Source code, utilities, and code samples for Visual Basic, Java, C++, Linux, and lots more. Sections on graphics, hardware, etc.
Ray's Visual Basic Land. A bunch of downloads demonstrating useful techniques.
Add to Your Programming Knowledge. Tips, tutorials, downloads, and more.
Microsoft's ActiveX Script control. A free product that adds a scripting engine to your programs.
ActiveSkin. A shareware product that lets you create all sorts of interestingly shaped forms.
De Stefano Visual Basic. A nice Italian Visual Basic site.
The Urthman’s Visual Basic Tool Shed!. Several shareware and freeware development tools that may be useful. Registered and unregistered versions.
Mega VB Source Code. Code samples, downloads, ActiveX controls.
Mundo Visual - VisualBasic. A Spanish Visual Basic site containing source code, ActiveX, DirectX, tutorials, and more.
el Guille. Another large Spanish Visual Basic site.
Visual Basic Bug List. A large bug list including many from the Packaging and Deployment Wizard. Some solutions to bugs.
Visual Basic Tower of Magic. A smallish site with some useful examples and tutorials, and a fantasy theme.
Microsoft's Year 2000 Portal Page . A site for year 2000 information and Microsoft software updates.
zBasics. Games, tips & tricks, and some reasonably advanced examples.
Cyberia. A site with some interesting downloads including a periodic table, calculator, 10-finger typing trainer, and a Yahtzee game.
Chuck Easttom's VB World. This site started as a beginner's site but has expanded considerably.
OfficeVBA.com. A Microsoff Office site from the Informant communications group.
SocketWrench. A freeware tool for using sockets.
Slice and Dice. A product for building applications using templates. Free evaluation copies.
VB Thriller. Downloads and a bunch of tips in an easy to find format.
Progar.com. Tutorials, examples, etc. A relatively rare FAQ on DirectX for Visual Basic.
CodeGuru VB. Lots of example code, discussion, etc.
Allexperts Visual Basic Q&A. Volunteer experts answer VB questions. Other sections in the site answer all sorts of other questions.
vbAccelerator. An excellent collection of advanced tips, tricks, controls, and projects including a control that lets you display popup menus with icons and text effortlessly. This site is a MUST SEE!
Andrea VB Programming and Free Downloads. A large collection of advanced code snippets including printer routines (check number of jobs on a specific printer, justify text, etc.), file tips, registry code, and much more.
Visual Basic Source Code. Several useful applications such as a Winsock file transfer toolkit and an HTML editor.
Designer Controls. Several useful controls you can buy.
Professor Smiley's Visual Basic Website. Interesting projects and exercises, links, and information about education.
STFB Inc.. A commercial Visual Basic accounting system product.
VB Library. Lots of useful example projects.
Paul Duffield's Visual Basic Resources. Example projects, ActiveX controls, shareware and freeware.
Australian Visual Basic User Group. The usual user's group stuff. Downloads, newsletters, etc. A good place to become an active member.
The Visual Basic Gold Site. About a dozen examples and a printing shareware control.
BurdickSoft Tools. A transparent picture program (free) and a transparent PictureBox animation control ($15).
Visual Basic Source. VB programming tips, using Access with VB, Knowledge Base, Q & A, some examples.
Red-Leif International. Tips, examples, naming conventions, ...
Swynk.com. A large list of free components and other stuff available around the net. Also examples, ASP, SQL Server, ADO, etc.
VB Place. A German site with several dozen interesting examples.
VB Net. Excellent VB example code including lots of API stuff.
A Programming Resource Megasite. Source code and stuff for a huge number of languages. Not a huge amount of VB stuff yet, but some is quite good.
Camonet. Tips, tricks, downloads, etc.
VB Tips & Tricks. As you might guess from the name, lots of tips and tricks.
Yet Another Programming Site. A handful of Visual Basic downloads plus some VBScript and JavaScript.
Extreme VB. Another site with code samples, a few tutorials, etc.
VBing. A Visual Basic site in German and English.
Smithvoice VBFun. A very small site thath some advice well worth reading.
Visual Basic Emporium. Tips and sample code. Not a huge amount, but some interesting stuff I have not seen elsewhere.
VB-World. Sample projects, discussion group, and a few book reviews.
Visual Basic 911. Sample projects and tips, mostly for beginners.
Active Data Corporation. Visual Basic consulting. Database development, client/server, etc.
Active PG DocProp. A component that displays summary information for OLE2 documents like right mouse does in Windows Explorer.
VB/CE. Microsoft's page that lists the differences between VB and VB for CE.
Databits Developer Solutions by Cathryn. Hundreds of links to useful information, code, article, etc.
Online Programming Tutorial. Lots of tutorials, online code, etc.
SmartHTML. An Add-In that converts Visual Basic source code into HTML code.
VBShield. VBShield modifies your program so it is harder to decompile. I don't know how this works so I cannot endorse it, but I know this is an issue of concern for a lot of people. If you have experience with this product, let me know if you like it.
TANSTAAFL Software. Some useful discussion groups. A good section on creating and using help files.
Knowledge Base Index. A very nice index for the Knowledge Base. You have got to check this out!
Jobs4IT.com. Jobs for information technology professionals. Free search for jobs.
Visual Basic Project Management Journal. A unique site dedicated to project management issues. Book reviews, discussions, and articles about controlling Visual Basic development.
Duek Web Page. A good selection of samples, tip, and tricks. I particularly like the example that associates a file extension with a program.
Tune It! ocx. An OCX that gives you lots of information about Windows 95/98 systems.
Visual Basic Open Vault. Source code, programs, and a new Visual Basic discussion group.
Andy's Visual Basic Page. Visual Basic source code, sample applications, etc.
WOTH. Commercial program that converts Word documents into help files.
VB Debug Workshop. Commercial product that adds error handling to VB programs.
GravityBox Software. 10 or so ActiveX controls for sale. Download trial versions.
Tower Production's Visual Basic Site. Jame Rushing's Visual Basic Web site.
Visual Basic Web Directory. Gobs of links to useful Visual Basic resources.
www.vbcode.com. A huge number of code snippets. If you like VB Helper, you will probably like this site. Check it out!
CPB-VB Design Studio. Some editor and game programs.
Yet another VB site. Source code, How-to's, links.
DiP's VB World. Nice site with lots of downloads, tutorials, etc.
Visual Basic Thunder. A great site with a fair bit of interesting code.
Gelowitz Visual Basic Code Source. A growing collection of downloads and sample source code.
The Coding Box. A pretty nice assortment of source code, API examples, etc.
Bjerkly VB-Centre. A site with some links and a couple examples. It should grow in the future.
Programmerz.com. This site contains free source code. They are trying to build a large library of contributed software in all programming languages. They offer free Web hosting and email to those who contribute.
The Source. Code samples, suggestions, downloads, etc. Some good advanced stuff including freeware message hook controls, a VB4/16 disassembler, VB3 disassembler, etc.
Kurtz's Computer Software Development Library. A new site dedicated to the design and development process. Different from the other programming sites you'll find.
DJ's Computer Labs. Free VB6 ActiveX controls.
Vision Factory Multimedia. Several inexpensive ActiveX controls such as a round button and CD writing code. These are not amazingly complex controls, but they are free for private use and cheap for commercial use.
VB5 Fun. A couple really useful tricks such as exporting data for other databases and making an MRU list.
Visual Basic Made Easy. A small site that currently has introductory material.
Nod Programming. Programming, Art, Help Files, Source Code, Ideas. "We at Nod Programming, Inc. program for the love of our art, the art of programming."
Visual Basic Bakery. Tips, tricks, some simple tutorials, a few games, some ActiveX controls,... a bit of everything.
Henrik Gütle's Home Page. A German site with interesting graphics but not a lot of content yet.
Kosit's Home Page. A Thai Web site.
Shay's Visual Basic Corner. A fair bit of interesting material including a Top-Ten List of Programming Sins. A bit hard to navigate, though.
Visual Basic Open Vault. Mostly beginner's tutorials. Some nice overviews of certain kinds of functions (for example, I/O).
Developers.Net. A huge job search site. If you're looking for a job, don't miss this one.
Visual Basic Newswire. A remarkable source for Visual Basic news. Daily news and a weekly newsletter.
Planetwide Software. Commercial VB 5 components and ActiveX controls. Products include an API viewer, color selector, calendar, exploding menu control, and enhanced TextBox.
GD's Domain. Download small samples. Lots of intermediate and advanced tips including API stuff.
Visual Basic Guide Site at the Mining Co. Tips, tricks, example code, etc. You should take a look at this site.
Kavalants' Homepage. Download the source code for a simple text editor.
Zarr's VB Web Site. A large site with lots of information. Source code, news, favorite Knowledge Base articles, and more.
VB Area. Lots of downloads, tips, and advice. Well worth a look!
Stars VB Page. Downloads, tutorials, etc.
Beyond The Basics Of Visual Basic. Advanced downloads. A few book recommendations. Career information.
JP & ML's Visual Basic and Corel Draw Place. Q & A, Tutorials, Downloads, etc. for VB and Corel Draw. Small but promising.
The Visual Basic Cell. Lots of examples, source code downloads, tutorials, etc.
The New VB Palace. A decent FAQ, source code, DLLs, etc.
VB Sources and OCX Shareware. Lots of shareware downloads: Print preview OCX, gradient titlebars, enumerate networks, etc.
vbhelp.NET. Mostly beginner's tutorials. A fair amount of material.
One-Stop SourceShop. A collection of code that noted author Karl E. Peterson has written over the years. A great source for production-quality code.
Vladmir's ON-LINE Crib. A small site with a few links, help, downloads, etc. Vladmir promises this will grow soon. (May be down temporarily for a while.)
BoBoSoft. A small site with a few links and stuff. (May be down temporarily for a while.)
Common Controls Replacement Project. A project that is trying to provide more powerful free replacements for Microsoft's Common Controls and Common Dialogs. Lots of free downloads.
John Stalcup's Web site. Much improved navigation and download for a chat application, a drawing application, and some other stuff.
ShrinkWrap VB. A small site with free code for game, ActiveX, and multimedia programmers.
Experts Exchange, Visual Basic. A fantastic place to get questions answered. A must see!
Win32 Programming Realm. Tips & tricks, sample code, and tutorials on the API and DirectX.
Programación Visual Basic. Fernando Hunth's site in English and Spanish.
Programmers Plus. Not much so far except plenty of promise. Drop by and see if you can contribute something.
Somser BBS. Freeware, tips, ActiveX controls, etc. in Spanish.
Visual Basic Web Magazine.
Visual Basic Game and Application Development. A small site with lots of promise. Hopefully this will turn into a useful game site.
Compu-Tel Visual Basic Projects. This site contains a nice step-by-step introduction for beginners as well as other material.
Australian Visual Developers Forum. A very nice bimonthly ezine with information on Visual Basic, Delphi, and other visual topics.
SFC Software Homepage by Patrick Healey. A little bit of everything: freeware, tips, links, etc.
Jp's and ML's Visual Basic Place And Corel Draw Site.
Theodore's Visual Basic Site.
Jelsoft VB-World.
VBWeb 98 by Craig Parsons.
Nerd World programming page.
Online Visual Basic training.
vbDomain. The new name for the old VB Garbage site.
Windows User Interface Design Guide.
Microsoft VB Owners area. Sample code and updates.
VBA Powertools. Add-ins (like a popup thesaurus) you can add to Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.).
The A B C page. Book recommendations (lots of Access, only a few VB right now).
Richard Grier's home page.
VBHelp.
All Things to All People Visual Programming Page.
Carl & Gary's Visual Basic Home Page.
Gary Beene's Visual Basic World.
Cool VB.
Chris & Tim's RAD Web Site.
Ask the VB Pro.
Visual Basic Explorer. Aimed at VB novices.
Visual Basic On Line User Group.
Microsoft's Visual Basic Home page.
Differences in Visual Basic versions.
Microsoft's Visual Basic Tips.
The Phil Weber Home Page. A few old but interesting tips and tricks.
Visual Basic Groep. Dutch VB user's group (English available).
Resources for WinHelp Authors. Help authoring links and information.
Matt Hart's VB pages. Examples for VB3, VB4, and VB5.

Misc Algorithms

Using Direct3D with VB. An introduction to using Direct3D for higher performance three-dimensional graphics.
Brad Appleton's Patterns and Software: Essential Concepts and Terminology. Design patterns.
Michael Trick's Operations Research Page. Searchable operations research site.
Stefano Lonardi's pattern matching pointers. Pattern matching. Look at the bottom for articles, journals, and software.
Searching. Minimax, heuristics, simmulated annealing.
Thomas Niemann's sorting and searching cookbook. Sorting and searching algorithms in C++.
Numerical algorithms. Numerical algorithms written in pseudocode.
Assorted algorithms.
Algorithm Workbench Project Group. Project to translate pseudocode into C.

Game Algorithms

Rubick's cube. Algorithms for solving Rubick's cube.
Aske Plaat's minimax page. Minmax, chess, checkers, etc.
Amit's Game Programming Page. Algorithms and source code for adventure games, path finding, tile-based maps. Artificial intelligence and object-oriented methods.

Artificial Intelligence

MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Character recognition. Character recognition by feature point extraction.
Composition with genetic algorithms. Composing music using genetic algorithms.
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Evolutionary Computation. Broad discussion of genetic algorithms.
ENCORE. The EvolutioNary COmputation REpository network. Information on evolutionary computation aimed at beginners.
Index to GA and artificial life resources. Genetic algorithm and artificial life information.
The Genetic Programming Notebook. Genetic algorithm and other artificial intelligence information.
Brunel University Artificial Intelligence Area. Information on artificial intelligence, artificial life and genetic algorithms.

Graphics

comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ. Lots of interesting algorithms, tips, tricks, etc.
Steve Abbott's Celtic knot site. Free Celtic knot programs written in VB. For sample pictures, click here or click here.
Jon Hawkes' multi-media Web site. Celtic knots and interesting graphics combining computer-generated and human art. For sample pictures, click here or click here.
Geometry Formulas and Facts.
Directory of computational geometry. Convex hull, triangulation, mesh generation, much more.
Computational Geometry on the WWW. Lots of links to computational geometry sites.
Microsoft Typography. Free TrueType fonts, Web Embedding Fonts Tool, and other typographical information.
Windows 95 font smoother. A free font smoothing utility.
VRML Repository. Everything you wanted to know about the Virtual Reality Modeling Language.

Math

Printable Math Activities and Math Help. links to articles on number theory, combinatorics, geometry, etc. Pretty interesting stuff, some fairly advanced.
Kevin Brown's Math Pages. Articles on number theory, combinatorics, geometry, etc. Pretty interesting stuff.
Mathematics information servers. Math links and math department Web servers.
A short course in trigonometry.
Grail. Finite state machine project. See the "projects" link for information about other finite-state machine projects.
The Elements. A Web version of Euclid's 13 books.

Downloads

Microsoft's Data Access Controls (MDAC). Download the latest MDAC here.
EZX. This is a free DLL you can use to invoke DirectX easily from Visual Basic. DirectX gives greatly improved graphics performance.
vbToyMaker. A bunch of OCX controls. Listbar, TreeView, Odometer, etc. Source code available.
Microsoft's Visual Studio Installer. This is Microsoft's latest and greatest installation tool.
Intel's JPEG Library. Allows your program to read and write JPEG files.
NCompass ScriptActive Plug-in. This plug-in allows Netscape to display ActiveX controls.
A transparent form OCX ($10 US).
Free fonts.
Free-B. Freeware for Visual Basic Programmers.
Microsoft Agent. Animated genie (see picture), magician, and robot.
Free ActiveX controls.
shareware.com. Hint: Add "freeware" to your query to find freeware packages.
download.com.
Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition. Download the Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition. Note: Microsoft moves its links fairly often so you may need to go to their main page and search for their stuff.
Internet Explorer 4.01. Free download or order the CD-ROM for a small handling fee.
Microsoft script control. Adds scripting capabilities to your applications.
Microsoft Speech. Speech recognition.

Education

Get Smart Online. Web-based computer training on lots of subjects including Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, Windows 2000, Visual Interdev, etc.
VideoEdge. Training videos and CD-ROMs for Visual Basic, Crystal Reports, GoldMine Software, and soon SQL. Download sample lessons for free to see if you like them.
Ohio State Internet Requests for Comments (RFC). Requests for comments on several topics. Also links to some FAQs, and Internet users' glossary, etc.
Online Visual Basic training.
Elgin Community College Visual Programming Internet course.
Computer Science Web and gopher servers.

Consulting, Products, Jobs

Converter.net. Executable that converts VB6 files to work with VB5. Click here to see how to do this manually.
Elementool. Web-based bug tracking. Basic (free), Advanced ($39.99/month), or Professional ($59.99/month) versions.
Varadero by Abaco Mobile. A thin-client tool for building applications for mobile devices (WinCE, PocketPC, Palm) using VB.
FRX Split. Extracts pictures (ANI, BMP, GIF, ICO, etc.) from FRX files. $9.95.
Print Preview. Thierry Waty's Print Preview control version 4.0. $30 now, $99 after August 1.
VConstructor. Freeware tool that helps make new Visual Basic methods, property procedures, classes, etc. It creates a stub with declarations and comments. You fill in the code.
SCML Software. Three ActiveX controls: SCMLlabelPrinter previews and prints labels ($139), SCML RTF Printer previews and prints RTF text (Free), and TRANSBO shipping cost calculator ($199).
Visual Bitmap Library. A freeware ActiveX component that lets you create and edit bitmaps in memory.
BugTrapper. A bug trapping and tracking product.
MB ActiveX Gallery. A collection of 15 ActiveX controls for $49. (See also my book Custom Controls Library which includes 101 ActiveX controls).
SOAPtoolset.com. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a relativly recent Web technology that lets clients on the network invoke Web services on your site. This Web site has a SOAP toolkit to make building Web services easier. (It also has a really annoying ad so put a sticky note on the upper right part of your screen ;-)
Procruit.com. A consulting site that matches IT professionals with project-based work.
HALLoGRAM Publishing. More than 250 VB add-on products. Print bar codes, ChartFX, CommTools, DynaZIP, etc.
Advanced VBA Password Recovery. A program that recovers lost passwords for Word, Excel, etc.
Project Guide - 2000 with new Master Wizard technology is a set of VB6 Add-Ins that lets you navigate through VB projects and create VB Wizards using VBScript. Some wizards are available.
TX Text Control. A royalty free word processing control that handles MS Word, HTML and RTF documents. It is fast, compact, and compatible with Microsoft's TextBox control, but also offers the functions of a WYSIWYG word processor. Version 8.0 is now available. Prices from US $439 to US $949. Upgrade from version 7.5 for $249 and up.
Asynchrony. At this site, you can join project teams and complete a project. The site markets the result and pays project members (though they have not yet finished their first product).
shopforacomputer.com An online computer shoopping directory with lots of links to programming sites, shareware/freeware sites, hardware, software, etc.
CodeBase 6. A high-performance database engine and other database development tools.
Polar Draw. An ActiveX drawing control.
VideoEdge. Training videos and CD-ROMs for Visual Basic, Crystal Reports, GoldMine Software, and soon SQL. Download sample lessons for free to see if you like them.
JustVBJobs.com. The name says it all. A job site for VB programmers.
Graphics Server. Graphics Server is a replacement for Visual Basic's MSChart control. I have evaluated versions of this product for the annual VBPJ buyer's review, and it is pretty powerful. Download a free evaluation copy at GraphicsServer.com. Named PC Magazine Editors' Choice.
SetFocus. Consultants hiring and for hire. If you want to work for them, they have a deal where they train you and then get you your first consulting job.
Jobs For Programmers. Search for jobs in C++, Visual Basic, Java, etc. Online resumes.
Richard Grier's home page.
Baarns resource center.
Crescent. Visual programming tools. Visual Intercept, Applet Designer, VersionStamper, etc.
Desaware. VB Tools. SpyWorks, StorageTools, etc.
FMS. Microsoft Access products. Total Access CodeTools, Total Access Detective, etc.
Softworks VBVM. A Visual Basic Virtual Machine that allows you to run VB executables on UNIX machines.
ObjectText. Text search tools.

Online Catalogs

VB Extras. Catalog by VB Extras.
Components Paradise. Catalog by Programmer's Paradise.
ZAC's Visual BASIC Page. VB Only Tools catalog.

News and User Groups

News Groups, Users Groups, and Forums

VISBAS-L LISTSERV, 4000+ members.
VISBAS-Beginners LISTSERV, 1000+ members.
Denver Area Visual Basic Special Interest Group. I attend this one's monthly meetings and labs. They give out thousands of free dollars worth of stuff in drawings every month! A must if you are in the Denver area.
Visual Basic On Line User Group.
CompuServe Basic Languages Forum, GO MSBASIC.
CompuServe VBPJ Forum, GO VBPJ.

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