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title: "VB6 is not dead, so you'll need this tool"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/23/vb6-is-not-dead-so-youll-need-this-tool.md"
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published: "2003-05-23T11:59:00"
updated: "2003-05-23T11:59:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "My guess is there is going to be a LOT of VB6'ers around for a long time. I know I'll be doing maintenance on my old VB6 programs for as long as needed. In case you’re in this category, I recommend using CodeSmart 2001…"
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# VB6 is not dead, so you'll need this tool

By Roy Osherove May 23, 2003 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 23, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

My guess is there is going to be a LOT of VB6'ers around for a long time. I know I'll be doing maintenance on my old VB6 programs for as long as needed.

In case you’re in this category, I recommend using [CodeSmart 2001](http://www.axtools.com/) from AxTools. Simply an addin I cannot do without. They also have a version for VS.NET, but the benefits there are of much less proportion. In VB6, however, they are **huge**.

## More in Cool Tools

[All posts in Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

- Jun 17, 2003

    ### [.Net Shortcuts + Automate GAC and COM operations using this Cool Add-in](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/6/17/net-shortcuts-automate-gac-and-com-operations-using-this-coo.html)

- May 28, 2003

    ### [SP/Invoke -- Stored Procedure Invocation Code Generator for VB, C# and JScript.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/28/spinvoke-stored-procedure-invocation-code-generator-for-vb-c.html)

- May 23, 2003

    ### [CodeSmith goes out to the wild](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/23/codesmith-goes-out-to-the-wild.html)

- May 21, 2003

    ### [Assorted News](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/21/assorted-news.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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- [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership.
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