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Visual Basic (VB) is a RAD (Rapid Application Development) tool, that allows programmers to create Windows applications in very little time. It is the most popular programming language in the world, and has more programmers and lines of code than any of its nearest competitors.

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Awesome new prize!

New prize: PHPEd

Develop websites and applications through the full lifecycle with You can learn more about this fantastic prize. As usual, submit early and often to maximize your chances of winning!
Awesome new prize from PackTPub.com!

New prize: PHPEclipse: A User Guide!

Slash development time by improving the efficiency of your PHP coding and organizing your projects in the PHPEclipse environment. Take advantage of the leading open source integrated development environment to develop, organize, and debug your PHP web development projects.You can learn more about this great prize here. So submit early and submit often!
Great new prize!

RapTier Code Generator!

Harness the power of this easy to use multi-tier code generator and generator code in flash! Up to 5 lucky winners each month can choose this great prize! So submit early and submit often!
Zip file improvements!

.Zip files now contain URL of posting!

Don't you hate it when you download multiple .zip files, find one that is great, and want to post feedback or a vote on it, but can't remember which one it was? Well no longer! Now all .zip files have a special Planet Source Read Me text file that will take you right back to the submissions's page. So check it out!
Modulus Financial Engineering donates 2 financial programming packages as prizes!

Many thanks to Modulus Financial Engineer for their donation of StockChartX V.5 and TA-SDK for the contest Click here to check them out. As usual...submit early and often to get a shot at one of these two prizes!
6 Great Programming Book Prizes!

Sams Publishing donates 6 great programming books as prizes!

Many thanks to Sams Publishing who has donated six fantastic programming books on .NET, Perl and PHP programming. Click here to check them out. Remember to submit early and often to win one of these great prizes!
Planet Source Code Jumbo Resource CD: 3 Language Editions!

Contest prize updated: Planet Source Code Jumbo CD--now in VB, C/C++ and ASP Editions!

Three winners each month can now choose from 3 editions of the PSC 2002 CD--Visual Basic, C/C++ or Active Server Pages! Includes tens of thousands of lines of the top ranked code, articles and submissions in over 27 categories.So submit early and often to win this great prize!
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Visual Basic Categories - Browse the largest code database on the net!

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VB 4.0 (16-bit)

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VB 5.0

VB 6.0

VB Script

ASP (Active Server Pages)

VBA MS Access

VBA MS Excel

Note: Stats below include both filtered and non-filtered items.

Coding Standards (256,905 lines)

Complete Applications (938,296 lines)

Custom Controls/ Forms/ Menus (419,964 lines)

Data Structures (33,168 lines)

Databases/ Data Access/ DAO/ ADO (265,076 lines)

DDE (3,112 lines)

Debugging and Error Handling (14,762 lines)

DirectX (52,677 lines)

Encryption (88,044 lines)

Files/ File Controls/ Input/ Output (234,236 lines)

Games (411,627 lines)

Graphics (353,809 lines)

Internet/ HTML (420,152 lines)

Jokes/ Humor (75,248 lines)

Libraries (39,040 lines)

Math/ Dates (177,956 lines)

Microsoft Office Apps/VBA (56,500 lines)

Miscellaneous (616,105 lines)

Object Oriented Programming (OOP) (16,521 lines)

OLE/ COM/ DCOM/ Active-X (101,305 lines)

Registry (51,576 lines)

Sound/MP3 (107,456 lines)

String Manipulation (152,645 lines)

VB function enhancement (94,382 lines)

Windows API Call/ Explanation (172,525 lines)

Windows CE (4,901 lines)

Windows System Services (68,442 lines)

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Winners for code submitted

Winners for code submitted January 2012 as chosen by your votes!

Last month's submissions are in the process of being tallied and reviewed, and the winners will be announced shortly!

In the meantime, here are previous month's winners