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title: "[Cool Tool] CodeSmart 2007 for VB6 - The Killer Addin for VB6"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/6/17/cool-tool-codesmart-2007-for-vb6-the-killer-addin-for-vb6.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/6/17/cool-tool-codesmart-2007-for-vb6-the-killer-addin-for-vb6.html"
published: "2006-06-17T19:25:00"
updated: "2006-06-17T19:25:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools", "General Software Devel...", "Visual Studio"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "The guys at AxTools are at it again, with CodeSmart 2007 for VB6 . If you still do VB6 development (and I know plenty of places that still do (mostly because they have no choice), this is the tool you'd want to get. The…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# \[Cool Tool\] CodeSmart 2007 for VB6 - The Killer Addin for VB6

By Roy Osherove June 17, 2006 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools), [General Software Devel...](https://osherove.com/blog/category/general-software-devel), [Visual Studio](https://osherove.com/blog/category/visual-studio)

**Historical article** · Originally published June 17, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

The guys at [AxTools](http://www.axtools.com/) are at it again, with [CodeSmart 2007 for VB6](http://www.axtools.com/cs.htm). If you still do VB6 development (and I know plenty of places that still do (mostly because they have no choice), this is **the** tool you'd want to get.

The features it adds to the VB6 IDE are too many to list here, but you can see [a good summary on the product page](http://www.axtools.com/cs.htm). I've used this addin since it first came out, and still am one of its biggest supporters. It outshines any other addin for VB6 I know with features and power. The only thing it \*does not\* have is Refactoring support, which is the top wish list for VB6 on my mind.

So what \*does\* it have? Perhaps this little snapshot will help convince you that it takes VB6 to the next level, almost VS 2005-like with tabbed documents, auto-text (aka snippets), code navigator and plenty plenty more:

[![](https://osherove.com/img/wb/13152222_www.axtools.com_products_showcs2k3vb_Integration.gif)](http://www.axtools.com/cs.htm)

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