#VBTools – VBMuscle
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Can you tell me what the difference between VB/Tools and VB/Muscle is?
Harold
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Harold,
I'll be happy to!
VBTools main emphasis is on custom controls – there are 11 icons (which go
into your toolbox) that provide about 15 different custom controls. Also
included are some "special effects" used to transform from one bitmap to
another, examples of how to use some of the more useful Windows API calls
and more. VBTools includes replacements for the "missing" key words
(relative to QB/PDS).
MicroHelp Muscle's concentration is on assembly language routines that make
your program smaller and faster and give you more functionality (one
example being the ability to read the file directory, including dates,
times and sizes). Muscle also includes most of the "missing key words" and
standard dialog boxes from the Windows 3.1 "common dialog" DLL (they work
fine in Windows 3.0). The "key words" are the only area of overlap – less
than 5% of the routines.
Mark
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Have you scheduled VB Tools Release 2.0 yet?
Harold
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Harald,
VBTools 2.0 is scheduled to be released in January. While we are currently
on schedule, it's always possible to run into unforeseen delays though…
Mark