VB Friend - Code at overspeed!

Add indentation, complete missing code, auto-correct, backup, and get more desktop space. VB Friend works as add-in to Visual Basic 6. With VB Friend you code faster than ever.

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Straighten the spaghetti code. Add readability to your code by consistent indentation. VB Friends takes your rules to indent your code with your very own style.

Add missing variables. Tired of defining variables? Add "Option Explicit" and let VB Friend do the rest. Every time VB finds a new, undefined variable, VB Friend pops up asking for proper declaration.

Auto-correct. Upgrade your Visual Basic editor with speedy macros. Type "scc" and get a full "Select Case..Case..Case Else..End Select". Type "ite" and get a full "If..Then..Else..End If" ready to fill in! Fully customizable for all single and multiline code snippets.

Type less. Let VB Friend complete any missing End If, End Select or Next MyVar statements.

Get more screen space. VB Friend hides VB toolbars automatically when you don't need them. To show them, just move your mouse to where the toolbar was.

Get rid of "syntax error". Each time VB finds a syntax error it will show you an annoying message box. If you don't need those trivial messages, let VB Friend hit OK for you.

Quick backup. Backup your project to a .zip file. Make sure you always have working source code and enough interim copies while you work.
And more features. Quickly navigate backward and forward in your code and forms. Close all code and form windows instantly. Use Bracket Helper to determine which ")" is missing. Drag code to/from Temporary window to move it from place to place. Auto-clear the Debug window. Add 10 extra clipboards that persist between coding sessions, and you get an idea of what to expect.

What the customers say...

All in all, I am very pleased with the new features in VB Friend 2. It is by far the best value of the many VB add-ins and components I have purchased. Your claims of productivity gains are not exaggerated. I recently had occasion to do some VB work on a machine without VB Friend, and it was like typing with only one hand.
Auto-hide is such an effective and obvious improvement in the VB IDE that I am surprised MS's interface designers missed it.
Joel Schuman jschuman@llmi.com

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Try VB Friend now! The trial is fully functional for projects with less than 10 files.

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System requirements

VB Friend v2 is a Visual Basic add-in. It works with Visual Basic 6.0 and requires VB6 run-times installed. VBA is not supported.

Supported operating systems: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP.

Windows Vista is currently not supported. VB Friend does not install on Vista. Existing users who upgrade their operating system to Windows Vista can continue to use VB Friend when UAC (User Account Control) is disabled.

Need .NET support?

For Visual Studio .NET, try Studio Complete! It's a VS.NET add-in with an auto-correct feature. Not included with VB Friend.

VB Friend licenses and prices

License type VB Friend v2

Single user license $79

Team license (1-5 users) $229

Site license $790

Upgrade from v1 / Single user $40

Single user license: one copy of VB Friend may either be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers,or installed on a single workstation used nonsimultaneously by multiple people, but not both.
Team license covers 1-5 users in a single organization.
Site license covers a single organization for an area of up to one hundred miles (160 km) in radius. Ask about a world-wide license for the whole enterprise. You may access the full version of VB Friend through a network, provided that you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering all workstations that will access the software through the network. For instance, if 8 different workstations will access VB Friend on the network, each workstation must be licensed, regardless of whether they use VB Friend at different times or concurrently.
Version updates. Updates are free within the major version number (2.x -> 2.y).

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