Code Editing and Syntax / Visual Basic Class Library / Embarcadero / CodeGear (Tools & Components)

Microsoft Visual Basic (MS VB) allows Visual Basic programmers to create Windows applications for their end users fast. Visual Basic developers can extend the standard functionality available inside the Visual Basic IDE with a variety of VB add-ins and VB tools. The extensibility of Visual Basic software is one of the main reasons it has proved to be so popular with developers, as Visual Basic software engineers can find VB downloads from other companies or other VB developers to act as a VB extension to their Visual Basic IDE.

The versatility of Visual Basic also extends to various forms of Visual Basic compatible software components, .NET Classes, or VB Class Libraries (VB Libraries). VB controls can be used to create feature rich Visual Basic user interfaces on forms and Web pages for Visual Basic apps. These Visual Basic UI controls are augmented by non-visual Visual Basic components or libraries that can help a developer add many hidden features to Visual Basic applications running in the background. These non-visual components are commonly available as a VB Library, Visual Basic Class Library or VB Class Library, as a Visual Basic .NET Class or as a Visual Basic component.

An example of a visual VB control provided as a VB Class Library is Xtreme Report Control, providing you with Outlook style datagrid and data reporting functionality in your latest Visual Basic project. A non-visual VB Library example is a Visual Basic Class Library called SpyWorks that allows you to gain access to many of the Windows API calls and functions that would normally only be available to a Visual C++ programmer.

The VB software products listed in this VB Class Library product gallery will allow you to save a lot of time and effort in creating your new Visual Basic app. Many of the VB Libraries listed here have free Visual Basic trials available as a VB download from our Visual Basic Class Library marketplace.

We also have other Visual Basic product galleries for: Visual Basic 2010, Visual Basic 2008, Visual Basic 2005, Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic compatible products.

In this filtered view of our main product catalog, you will find a selection of products that are compatible with Embarcadero Technologies products, as well as CodeGear products that were formerly owned by Borland Software. Embarcadero bought CodeGear in June, 2008, CodeGear was previously a division of Borland, making the Borland IDEs known as: Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder and Borland JBuilder. These products were sometimes referred to as CodeGear Delphi, CodeGear C++ Builder and CodeGear JBuilder, but are now known as Embarcadero Delphi XE and Embarcadero C++ Builder XE. Plus there is an Embarcadero developer tool suite, consisting of all .NET Embarcadero developer tools known as Embarcadero RAD Studio XE. JBuilder is also available from Embarcadero, along with other Embarcadero database tools.

This Embarcadero product gallery or CodeGear marketplace is full of products that are compatible with the Embarcadero product range, CodeGear tools and Borland dev tools. For Delphi developers there are Delphi components available as CodeGear VCL products, there are CodeGear components and Borland library products that will work with both your old Borland IDE, Borland C++ Builder and the new Embarcadero IDE environments, such as Embarcadero C++ Builder XE. The products here are compatible with CodeGear tools (formerly Borland tools) and can be evaluated by downloading the product trial from the CodeGear download page for each specific CodeGear tool or CodeGear component that you are investigating. You can then evaluate the CodeGear library or CodeGear extension downloaded, read the CodeGear reviews written and posted by other CodeGear developers about it or as a CodeGear developer you could write a CodeGear review yourself.

You will find lots of mature products that are: Borland .Net compatible tools, Borland component products, Borland tools, Borland libraries and many newer or up to date products that are: CodeGear tools, CodeGear component extensions, CodeGear tools or CodeGear libraries. Finally, for the newer and more up to date products, you can read the Embarcadero News pages, that highlight the Embarcadero product news every time a new Embarcadero compatible product is released. This Embarcadero News feed is also available as an Embarcadero News RSS data feed for you to subscribe to, so that you can keep up to date with all the latest Embarcadero product news.