Visual Basic Tools and Utilites

CodeRush Xpress includes features that support common developer tasks in the following areas: Navigate, Declare, Select, and Refactor.CodeRush Xpress fully supports all language features of Visual Basic and C# in Visual Studio 2008.

Are you eager to produce your own Visual Basic Code Snippets but prefer not to think in terms of angle brackets? The Visual Basic Snippet Editor is a Windows Forms application with UI for creating, editing, and testing Visual Basic code snippets. You can specify snippet code and metadata (for example, title, author, description, keyboard shortcut), replacement variables, and referenced assemblies. You can preview your snippet as it will appear when inserted into the code window, and you can even test whether it will compile.

The XML to Schema tool is a free project item template that automates the creation of XML schema sets from any number of XML documents. If you are working with LINQ to XML in Visual Basic 9, this utility will significantly improve your editing experience by adding XML schemas (.xsd files) to your project that then provides IntelliSense for XML properties.

Refactor! for Visual Basic 2008 by Developer Express Inc. enables Visual Basic developers to simplify and re-structure source code inside of Visual Studio 2008, making it easier to read and less costly to maintain. Download this version which works with Visual Studio 2008 and contains many new refactoring operations to support the new language features in Visual Basic 2008.

This toolkit helps you bring the power of .NET to your existing Visual Basic 6 applications, by allowing them to display .NET WinForms and UserControls from within the same application. Instead of upgrading the entire code base, these applications can now be extended one form at a time. The goal is a phased upgrade, with production releases at the end of each iteration containing both Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET forms/controls running in the same Visual Basic 6 .exe process. Version 2.0's addition of .NET UserControls, simpler deployment tools, and MDI support, makes upgrading your applications easier than ever.