Visual Basic 6.0

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Visual Basic 6.0 is no longer supported by Microsoft so how do you get a hold of it? Currently there is not an easy legal way to get a hold of VB6. Yes that's correct - although people will tell you to simply download a bit-torrents for VB6 or to search for visual studio 6 download on "bad" sites, this is not legal because you did not buy a VB6 license. Stupid I agree considering that Microsoft does not allow you to purchase a license.
If you simply need to install an application that was originally written in VB6 you can download the Runtime Installer for VB, install it, and then install your VB program. If you want to get a hold of the VB6 developer environment I suggest asking friends that might have it and no longer use it - for example companies that maybe bought legitimate copies and are willing to give up their license (although you would need to verify this is legal and that the license is transferable). Another option is to try and buy it on EBAY.
For those of you that already own VB6 but are looking for good add-ins and downloads for it here is a list of a few good ones.

• VB Documentation Generator - Use this to create documentation for your VB code.
• MZ Tools - FREE add in you can download and use to make your coding more productive.
• Error handling tool adds error handling to all routines or selected routines in your VB code
• Code Help Addin - Adds many useful features - including an easy way to change tab information
  
  Visual Basic 6.0 Software Free DownloadOften when doing Visual Basic development we run into "stuff" we need to make our VB applications more responsive, interesting, creative, fun, etc. Here is a compiled list of Other non VB6 Software and resources that are free to download and will help improve your application:
  
  • Icon Archive - This is a great site with free icons you can download to use in your Visual Basic software. They have a great search feature and a huge number of resources.
  • SourceMonitor - This is an excellent tool for doing static code analysis on your larger VB applications. It works with VB6, VB.NET, and many other languages.
  • VB to Converter - This tool is a little more controversial. We almost didn't list it, but this site lets you convert VB6 code to many different languages if you are at a point you need to do so.
    Do you have any other recommended Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 downloads? Is there an addin or control you can't live without? You should post about it in the comments below so we can all benefit!