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Posted-By: auto-faq 3.1.1.2 Archive-name: visual-basic-faq/tools Last-Modified: December 24, 1996 VISUAL BASIC TOOLS FAQ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND RESOURCE LIST Visual Basic 3.0 and 4.0 ************************************************************************ Copyright 1996 Donald P. Kiely All rights reserved. This document may be distributed freely as long as it remains intact and unchanged, and is not used for commercial purposes. Please send all feedback on this document to d.kiely@ieee.org (Don Kiely). Please don't send VB questions to the FAQ maintainers' private email account. ********************************************************************** Part I: Contents of FAQ and Description ********************************************************************** ************************************************************************ TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: Contents of FAQ and Description Part II: Alphabetical Listing of Products Part III: Alphabetical List of Publishers and Contact Info ************************************************************************** Because of a couple of projects that I've worked on recently, I've accumulated a ton of data about tools available for use with Visual Basic. In connection with those projects, I keep the data updated regularly, and this FAQ is born from my accumulation of data. Please understand that the brief description given does not completely discuss the full capabilities of each product nor its limitations. Before purchasing a product, please get the full details about the product from the publisher. This FAQ is user-driven, so please send me your comments when you use a product. What did you like, not like? Is the tool going to be a worthwhile addition to your toolbox? Or is it already in the trash? Be as concise as possible, but please don't send me something like "DweebleTrotter OCX sucks." Please say *why* it sucks. Or why it shines. Please let me know of products that should be in this FAQ as well. I also will be adding pointers to publications that review the various products, including the date and page number. I've got all that in analog form at this point, and I'll be updating the database with that information. Please contact me at d.kiely@ieee.org with any comments, suggestions for additions to the list, to add user comments for product(s), or ideas about how to make this list more useful to the VB community. Don Kiely d.kiely@ieee.org CompuServe: 72657,475 ********************************************************************** Part II: Alphabetical list of Visual Basic tools ********************************************************************** *********************************** * 3-D Widgets, version: 1.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Sheridan Software Systems Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * 3-D Widgets is a collection of three sets of custom controls to add 3D effects to your Visual Basic applications. The complete set of 3-D Widgets (1, 2, and 3) provide the VB developer with a set of form design tools that work together to generate a consistent user interface that is visually powerful without 'getting in the way' of the application. In keeping with their 3-dimensional grayscale look, 3-D Widgets are designed to be used on VB forms that have the backcolor property set to light gray. The use of 3-D Widgets tends to promote the selective (i.e. non-garish) use of color on VB forms. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $109.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * 3d Graphic Tools, version: 4.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Micro System Options Package Type: Commercial * Description * 3D Graphics Tools gives you monochrome through true color, three dimensional graphics functions providing: full viewpoint, object orientation and placement control; camera/lens metaphor; parallel and perspective projection; sophisticated lighting; flat and Phong shading; hidden surface removal; translucent objects, picture and texture mapping; shadows; anti-aliasing; object generators; extruded, rotated, spline, parametric and arbitrary surfaces; grids; labels; markers; wireframes; fixed and floating point math; vector and matrix operations; contour plotting; dialogs; demonstration programs; and a Visual Basic control interface. * Distribution: Royalty Required? Yes LicenseFile? Yes * Product Pricing * Single Unit: 3D Graphic Tools, Visual Basic edition: $149.00 3D Graphic Tools, C/C++ edition: $295.00 Texture Pak add-on: $29.00 DLL Manual: $10.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Access/Visual Basic Advisor * *********************************** Publisher: Advisor Publications Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Publication * Description * * Product Pricing * Single Unit: 12 issues, $39.00 US, Canada $59.00 US (includes GST), other countries $79 US Companion disk: 12 issues, $90.00 US, Canada $105.00 US (includes GST), other countries $110.00 US * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Advanced Control Library, version: 1.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Advanced Applications Package Type: Shareware Product Type: Custom Control * Description * The Advanced Control Library provides Microsoft Visual Basic Applications with the System Disk Information and functions by calls to the Windows File Manager. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $30.00. Add $5.00 for non-USA orders for shipping. * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Alarm * *********************************** Publisher: Mabry Software Package Type: Shareware Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Alarm is a Visual Basic custom control that lets you set multiple alarms to go off (i.e., fire events) at various times during the day. This control makes it easy to schedule events to happen at various times. You just set the properties and wait for Alar * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Basic product: $15.00 registration Product plus source code: $45.00 registration Outside North America, add $5.00 for shipping * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * AllText, version: 3.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Bennet-Tec Information Systems, Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * ALLText is a multi-font, multi-color textbox custom control offering WYSIWYG editing and/or presentation within a Visual Basic control window. ALLText supports - Underline, Boldface, Italics, Redlining, Shadowed Text, Independent Paragraph margins and alignment. ALLText uniquely offers the ability to include a positionable bitmapped background. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $125.00 in USA, $150.00 in other countries * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * AllText HT/Pro, version: 3.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Bennet-Tec Information Systems, Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * ALLText HT/Pro is aimed at supporting HYPERTEXT application development within Visual Basic with full format text handling, embedded OLE objects, RTF I/O, clipboard exchange and more. ALLText is a multiple font text box control designed for Visual Basic programmers. ALLText supports the simultaneous display of multiple fonts, font characteristics and color; paragraph formatting; and even the inclusion of a bit mapped background to the control. Using ALLText, you can include a presentation quality edit/display text box as part of your Visual Basic program. The ability to highlight words with colors as well as font characteristics make it the ideal choice for use in word processing and HYPERTEXT applications. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $350.00 in USA, $375.00 in other countries * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * App-Link, version: 1.1 * *********************************** Publisher: Synergy Software Technologies Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * App-Link is a custom control that provides an inter-form messaging capability to the programmer. By placing an App-Link control on a form, the programmer creates a data "socket" through which messages may be sent and received. Data can be sent between forms within a single application, multiple separate applications on the same computer, or multiple separate applications on computers attached over a LAN. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $99.95 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * AppRemove/INIEdit * *********************************** Publisher: Spinoza Ltd. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * This product is actually two for the price of one: AppRemove and IniEdit. AppRemove/VB is a five-minute, hassle-free way to create a professional uninstall program for your Visual Basic application. Simply run AppRemove/VB against setup disks created with the Visual Basic Application Setup Wizard, answer a few questions and you have an uninstall program that will be automatically installed with your application. INI Edit makes it possible to use .INI files without DLL calls. Features include the ability to list, add, edit, and delete sections and entries; automatic type conversion; view comma or space separated value as an array; and WIN.INI update event support * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $99.00 suggested retail price * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Assoc Control * *********************************** Publisher: Axiomatic Software Limited Package Type: Freeware Product Type: Custom Control * Description * ASSOC implements a data-structure which is not implemented in Visual Basic. The word ASSOC stands for "associative array," a data-structure which is sometimes known as a "dictionary" -- it's like an array where the subscripts are strings instead of numbers. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Free * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Aware/VBX, version: 1.5 * *********************************** Publisher: FarPoint Technologies, Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Aware/VBX is a group of data-aware custom controls for Visual Basic and C++. Aware/VBX controls make it easy to create customized, database front- end applications. With Aware/VBX, you can quickly integrate data from databases such as Microsoft Access, Btrieve, dBASE III and IV, FoxPro, Paradox, and (if you have the Professional Edition of Visual Basic) any ODBC-compatible database. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $149.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * BarCod * *********************************** Publisher: Mabry Software Package Type: Shareware Product Type: Custom Control * Description * BarCod makes bar code display easy. Just pick the orientation, set the size, and pick the bar code style. Then, set the caption to whatever you want the bars to be. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Basic product: $15.00 registration Product plus source code: $45.00 registration Outside North America, add $5.00 for shipping * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * BmpLst * *********************************** Publisher: Mabry Software Package Type: Shareware Product Type: Custom Control * Description * BmpLst is a Visual Basic custom control that provides a list box with pictures. The picture and the text below it are centered within the list box. Text may be placed on any side of the bitmap. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Basic product: $20.00 registration Product plus source code: $45.00 registration Outside North America, add $5.00 for shipping * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * CalcVBX * *********************************** Publisher: Brad Guttilla Package Type: Shareware Product Type: Custom Control * Description * GSSCALC.VBX is a full featured 3D calculator control useful for forms requiring numeric calculations and input. It supports drag and drop operations for placing totals in text boxes on your forms. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Shareware registration Only: $10.00 Registration and Source Code: $25.00 Shipping & Handling : $ 5.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Calendar Widgets, version: 1.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Sheridan Software Systems Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Calendar Widgets is a set of custom controls which allow you to create applications that display and manage date and time information. It is designed to facilitate the creation of a wide range of systems including data entry, accounting, billing, etc., where there may be a need to keep track of and view dates and times. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $139.00 * Reviews * Access/Visual Basic Advisor: March 1996, page 70 * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * CalendarSet/VBX * *********************************** Publisher: Foresight Technology Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * CalendarSet is a tool for implementing calendars in Visual Basic forms. There are two controls in the package, CalendarSet and DatePopup. CalendarSet/VBX features monthly views of data; easy links to text labels for month titles; event scrolling to view all events in a day; multi-day banner events and more. DatePopup/VBX features easy click-and-drag date selection; customizable font and size for button; optional Windows 95 button style; database-binding support with VB 3.0 or greater and more. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * CalVBX, version: 1.2 * *********************************** Publisher: Brad Guttilla Package Type: Shareware Product Type: Custom Control * Description * CalVBX provides a visual calendar for setting dates in Visual Basic applications. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Control registration: $10.00 Registration with source code: $25.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * CANZ, version: 1.10 * *********************************** Publisher: Cz Software Corporation Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * CANZ is a set of subroutines for Visual Basic programmers that implements fundamental collection classes. Included are linked lists, stacks, queues, balanced trees, and indexes on balanced trees. These collections can be used in most other languages such as Pascal, C, and C++, but are very difficult to implement in Visual Basic. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $195.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * CCF Cursors, version: 2.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Desaware Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Use CCF Cursors to create and use custom cursors (or Mousepointers) with Microsoft Visual Basic. The product supports detection of mouse events in any Visual Basic control. Functions include coordinate transformation, location control, and the ability to create cursors from any icon. Over 50 sample cursors are included. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $35.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Chart FX, version: 3.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Software FX Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Chart FX is a custom control that supports business graphics integration into any application under Windows that provides a means of calling third- party DLLs, VBXs, or OLE controls. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $249.00 * Reviews * PC Magazine: 6 February 1996, page 211, version 3.0 * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Choreo for Visual Basic, version: 1.1 * *********************************** Publisher: CenterView Software, Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Choreo enhances Visual Basic with a visual development environment specifically designed for building client/server applications. Choreo provides dedicated components for client/server development that closely parallel the major elements of Visual Basic. The Choreo DataLink Manager palette provides drag-and-drop data access. The DataLink Inspector provides an easy interface for setting data properties, which work similarly to Visual Basic custom control properties. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $595.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * ClassAction, version: 1.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Crescent Division of Progress Software Corp. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Development Tool * Description * API function calls can be hard to access, learn and use from VB. ClassAction is a collection of Windows API objects making complex system calls as easy as using properties or methods. You'll write more structured, readable, and maintainable code. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $139.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * ClocVBX * *********************************** Publisher: Brad Guttilla Package Type: Shareware Product Type: Custom Control * Description * ClocVBX provides a variety of ways to display the time, including with 3D effects. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Control registration: $10.00 Registration with source code: $25.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Code Complete * *********************************** Publisher: MicroHelp, Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Development Tool * Description * Code Complete is a suite of productivity tools for polishing and fine- tuning applications. A Splash Wizard adds splash screens and version checking, such as verifying .VBX, .OCX, .DLL, and .EXE versions. Code Analyst dissects code and creates a reference report of each project, variable, and function. It includes a Code Review feature, for comparing code against user-defined standards, and a Code Compression Wizard for compacting executables. Auto Coder aids in simplifying team coding efforts, by creating standards for module and function headers, which can be customized. AutoCoder can create new templates that can be inserted into a project via a Project Wizard. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Splash Wizard: $99.00 Code Analyst: $129.00 AutoCoder: $69.00 Complete suite of tools: $249.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * CodeBase, version: 5.1 * *********************************** Publisher: Sequiter Software, Inc. Package Type: Commercial * Description * CodeBase is a complete xBase data access solution for C, C++, Basic, and Pascal programmers, giving access to dBase, FoxPro, and Clipper data files. CodeBase and its accompanying tools feature fast, intelligent queries; data, index, and memo files that can be shared with various applications; ability to perform tasks using xBase techniques not available with the Visual Basic Access engine; small DLL files that support your applications; distribute applications royalty-free; custom controls that allow you to design applications visually; format data entry without any source code. * Distribution: Royalty Required? No LicenseFile? Yes * Product Pricing * Single Unit: CodeBase 5.1 $245.00: Supports DOS, Windows, Windows NT and OS/2. Includes CodeControls and CodeReporter. CodeBase++ 5.1 $245.00: Supports DOS, Windows, Windows NT and OS/2. Includes CodeControls and CodeReporter. CodeBase Multi-Platform 5.1 $895: Supports DOS, Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, Unix and Macintosh. Includes CodeControls and CodeReporter. Supports C and C++ compilers. Includes API and CodeBase manuals. * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Communications Library, version: 3 * *********************************** Publisher: MicroHelp, Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Book: Programming * Description * MicroHelp's Communications Library 3, or MhComm, is a complete set of communications routines. MhComm provides a wide variety of terminal emulations and file transfer protocols so you can effortlessly add data communications to your Visual Basic applications. All MhComm code is written in C for fast, tight applications. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $149.00 * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Component Toolbox 2.1 Standard Edition, version: 2.1 * *********************************** Publisher: Gamesman Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * The Component Toolbox Standard Edition is a collection of 26 user-interface VBX controls that can be used in any application that supports Level 1 VBXs. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Component Toolbox 2.1 Standard Edition: $99.00 Component Toolbox 2.1 for PowerBuilder: $199.00 Component Toolbox 2.5 for SQL Windows: $199.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Compression Plus, version: 4 * *********************************** Publisher: MicroHelp, Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Compression Plus 4.0 is a comprehensive, ZIP-compatible data compression tool for Windows programming languages. With Compression Plus, you can compress files and blocks of memory from within your application. There is no need to use external compression programs. Compression Plus allows your application to use available memory and disk space more effectively. With the compression algorithms supported by Compression Plus, you can compress files and blocks of memory to a fraction of their original size. When you are ready to use your compressed files and memory, Compression Plus quickly and easily decompresses the data. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $249.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Container * *********************************** Publisher: SheAr software Package Type: Shareware * Description * This VBX is designed to make it easier to use resources such as bitmaps, strings, icons, cursors, and text files in their programs without having to deliver all these files separately with your program or store them in a DLL or in a VB form. The container VBX is nothing more than the name says: it's a container of resources. * Distribution: Royalty Required? No LicenseFile? No * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Registration: $15.00 US * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Controls for Btrieve, version: 2.12 * *********************************** Publisher: Smithware, Inc. Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Smithware Controls for Btrieve is a set of 10 custom controls that enable Visual Basic applications to access Btrieve data. An entire application in Windows designed to access Btrieve data can be developed without a single line of code. The application is developed by choosing property values for the controls on the form. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Smithware Controls for Btrieve, including DDF Builder: $249.95 DDF Builder for Windows, as separate product: $129.95 DDF Sniffer for Windows, requires DDF Builder: $199.95 Smithware Class Library for Btrieve, for C++: $249.95 Smithware Crystal Reports for Btrieve: $495.00 BUtility for DOS: $129.95 Smithware Crystal Reports for Btrieve: $495.95 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Crystal Reports Pro * *********************************** Publisher: Crystal Services Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * Crystal Reports Pro is an upgraded version of the report generator that is bundled with Visual Basic and many other database development systems. The Pro version adds speedier reports, a streamlined and simplified user interface for the report designer, added analysis functions, and much more control over the print engine via the custom control or DLL interface. * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Crystal Reports Standard: $195.00 Crystal Reports Professional: $395.00 Crystal Reports Server: Upgrade from previous versions: $199.00 Subscription - updates for 12 months, including one major revision: $299.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Custom Control Factory, version: 2.0 * *********************************** Publisher: Desaware Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * The Custom Control Factory allows you to create a variety of custom controls that would otherwise require programming with the Visual Basic Control Development Kit. For example, you can create: * Animated Buttons: define a sequence of images to form an animated flic that plays when you click a button * Multistate Buttons: can have any number of states, each with its own unique image * 2-state Animated Buttons: A button that supports two states except that the transition between the two states can be fully animated * Enhanced Standard Buttons: you can define the appearance of a button in both pressed and unpressed states * Toolbar Buttons: create a toolbar similar to that used in Visual Basic and other Windows applications * Product Pricing * Single Unit: $48.00 * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * Custom Voice, version: 2.1 * *********************************** Publisher: A and G Graphics Interface Inc. Package Type: Commercial * Description * Custom Voice is a Visual Basic and Visual C++ custom control and speech recognition development toolkit that interfaces with IBM's VoiceType Application Factory (VTAF) (formerly ICSS) speech recognition engine. It enables developers to quickly build sophisticated Windows-based applications requiring speech recognition. By using Custom Voice, you can create a whole range of applications where end-users can interact by speaking rather than typing. * Distribution: Royalty Required? Yes LicenseFile? Yes * Product Pricing * Single Unit: Custom Voice alone: $495.00 Custom Voice with IBM VTAF speech recognition engine: $695.00 IBM VTAF speech recognition engine alone: $399.00 (suggested retail) * Reviews * None in database. Please let me know of any you find. * User comments * None available for this product. Please submit your comments! *********************************** * d-Barcode VBX * *********************************** Publisher: dl Technology Package Type: Commercial Product Type: Custom Control * Description * dBarcode VBX is a Visual Basic custom control which allows barcode images, in the form of Visual Basic Pictures, to be created within the user's own
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