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Visual Basic Editor is a separate application that is a part of Excel and opens whenever you open an Excel workbook. By default, it’s hidden and to access it, you need to activate it. VB Editor is the place where you keep the VB code. Microsoft Program: VB Editor is mostly used in Microsoft programs (Microsoft office) but is also suited for other applications like SolidWorks, AutoCAD, WordPerfect office 2002, ArcGIS, Sage 300 ERP AND Business Objects Desktop Intelligence. The latest Visual Basic 6 is compatible with Microsoft. Note that, as explained at ExcelTrick.com, the Visual Basic Editor is sometimes referred to as the Integrated Development Environment (IDE). In this Excel tutorial, I use the first term (Visual Basic Editor or VBE) but don't be confused if you see the second term being used in other places. How To Open The Visual Basic Editor In Excel.

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Visual Basic Editor: Use UltraEdit to edit your VB files. UltraEdit, one of the world's most versatile programmer's editor, is a great choice for editing visual basic code. UltraEdit includes a feature-rich interface, complete with automatic Visual Basic syntax highlighting (as well as syntax highlighting support for hundreds of other languages). Visual Basic Tools For Visual Studio lets you open vb6 project in visual studio 2012/2013, with basic outlining, syntax coloring, and a few more things. Its a work in progress, but if like me you have some living dead vb6 programs to maintain, it's. Except there's no GUI editor, no debugging.

I've been spoiled by Visual studio 2008 and Eclipse and have to do a little maintainence work on a VB6 app.

Does anyone know of an alternative/ updated IDE for VB6?

A rewrite is not an option I'm just fixing a couple of bugs and it's a big codebase.

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

MZ-Tools: provides a superb collection of IDE tools - finding unused variables, unused methods, a great 'search all', code snippets. Written by Carlos J. Quintero, to whom I now owe hours and hours of time.

And SmartIndenter, which takes care of all the auto-indenting. It does one thing and it does it well.

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Some time ago I did some research and nothing came up. I don't believe you have have any real alternatives..

But you could consider checking this out:http://www.axtools.com/products/cs2k3vb_screenshots.htmIt looks quite promising.

Addin for Visual Basic 6.0 packing more than 50 professional tools and assistants. The Code View Assistant enriches the standard VB6 code editor with branch lines for conditional statements, end-of-line details, and hotspots. Moreover, the Code Analyzer pinpoints dead and slow code, the SmartComplete and AutoText tools help you write code with a proficiency you never dreamed of, while the Enhanced Project Explorer with expanding code and Code Flow View can make accessing a code location the speedy action you always needed. Other tools: Extended Find, Find References, Designer Explorer, Code Formatter, TabOrder Designer (with auto-order), HotKey Designer, Error Handlers Inserter, Exception Protection, Spelling Checker, Strings Reviewer, Comments Conformity Checker, Task List Manager, Code Snippets Manager, Naming Standards Manager.Version 2007 adds Designer Analyzer, User Interface Standard Properties Manager, Library Explorer including Designer Snippets, many enhancements in most subsystems.

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

But it is possible to run a VB6 project build from the command line so it is possible to do simple VB development using any text editor/IDE capable of running a command an capture it's output.

But for things like GUI changes and debugging there is really no choice but to revert back to the VB6 IDE.

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Here is the commands needed to run the build from the DOS prompt:

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FWIW the Zeus IDE has the ability to import a VB Project file and display the project details into project/workspace tree. It will also run the build an capture the output.

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Visual Basic Tools For Visual Studio lets you open vb6 project in visual studio 2012/2013, with basic outlining, syntax coloring, and a few more things.

Its a work in progress, but if like me you have some living dead vb6 programs to maintain, it's.. intriguing.

Except there's no GUI editor, no debugging. I fear these points (especially debugging) are deal breakers. (Of course, I understand that not everything is possible).

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Yeah, no alternative IDEs to VB6 afaik. But one indispensable add-in I used was CodeHelp. It gives you tabs! for the windows, easy tab ordering, fullscreen switcher and maybe a mousewheel add-in. Check it out from the Planet Source Code page. And be sure to check the comments for a download to a setup file as I had problems with the source code and the author's site.

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I used Visual Assist X while programming in VB6. It's a code coloring add-in.
A must have, once you got used to VS2005+
I don't know if VB6 is still supported in current version, so you should take a look and see for yourself (and perhaps get an older version)

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