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I'm looking for a good VB6 source code library (to extend the language) for things like parsing a path into root, directory, filename, extension, does a file exist, etc.

I'm happy to pay for such a resource if it's a good one (ideally with some sort of reviews/feedback).

I've found one already:
SourcePlus from AxTools

Only downside is that all of their source code is in Classes and I have 12 or so different VB6 apps that all share a lot of common code (.bas modules). So if I use one of the classes in on of my Common.Bas routines I then need to add the class to 12 different programs that all use that Common.Bas module.

I'd really prefer to have the code in either one big class or a .bas module so I can add it one time to each VB6 app and be done with it.

FYI, I've also used with good success http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/ and of course StackOverflow but I'd be happy to buy something comprehensive and well done.

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I'm in favour of buying libraries in general, but you really can do a lot of file related tasks with free code. Karl E Peterson's excellent VB6 website has some great objects written entirely in VB6 - I think they're as reliable as most things I've ever bought. You could just put them in a COM DLL if you dislike managing the classes.

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Can you build their source as a COM dll and just refer to it from your own projects?

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  • My goal was to *reduce* programming by using a library . Seriously, though, if that library of Classes does have enough of what I want then that might be viable. I've played with making a Active X EXE. I'm guessing a COM dll would be an ActiveX dll, right? – Clay Nichols Jul 15 '10 at 00:10