VB Compress Pro

Analyze & Optimize with VB Compress Pro

Quick Facts:
VB Compress Pro is a VB analysis and optimization tool.
Version 6.1x includes 16 and 32 bit editons and works with all versions of VB and Windows.
$195 plus s/h, upgrades $150 plus s/h
Windows Sources Stellar award
Visual Basic Programmers' Journal Editors' Choice award
Visual Basic Programmers' Journal Readers' Choice award
VBXtras Thunderbolt award
See revision history for for details about the latest version.

VB Compress is a high performance tool that generates project metrics, code analysis, cross reference information, and optimized code. It wins critics’ and customers’ applause because it lets developers write smaller, faster VB executables in less time. That's why it garnered both Editors' and Readers' Choice Awards from VBPJ. And why Windows Sources gave it a Stellar Award, its highest honor, calling VB Compress "A superfast and reliable code analyst and optimization tool. Every application built in Visual Basic could benefit from a few moments spent with this package."

VB Compress Pro includes both 16 and 32 bit editions and works with all versions of Visual Basic. It is fully compatible with all the features and formats in Visual Basic 5.0 and 6.0, yet still works with VB4 and VB3. It works with Win 95, Win NT, and Win 3.x. In short, whatever you’ve done or are planning to do about VB and your operating system, you only need one version of VB Compress Pro.

What does VB Compress Pro do?

VB Compress Pro does two things: analyzes your project from top to bottom, and reports in detail on what it finds; and creates an optimized copy of your code without a single unnecessary byte.

Analysis & Reporting

Analyze and report exactly what's in your project and how it's organized; what constants, variables, type defs, API declarations, and procedures are defined; where they are defined; how they are scoped; where they are referenced; and most importantly, whether they are referenced at all.
Generate a wealth of project metrics and other indispensable project management and quality assurance information. Count lines of code by project, by file, and by category. Report file-level default data typing and all VB Option settings (Explicit, Compare, and Base). Report error handling and function data typing, even include a neatly line-numbered copy of the code in the report.
Provide project level file summary with concise description of project files, including list of DLL's in which the project declares procedures and whether or not any of them are called; a list of OLE controls and whether they are used; a list of compile conditions; and a count of files that use (and don't use) Option Explicit.
Two customizable cross-reference reports The Procedure XRef, with sections for each procedure, tell you which identifiers are referenced in each procedure. The Item XRef, with sections for each selected item, tell you where they are referenced.
Name Construction allows control of the level of detail reported about each identifier by making it part of the reported name.
Construct precisely the report you want, with over 150 individually configurable report options, including project, module and procedure level sections and seven possible subsections. Change options and generate a new report in seconds. Integrated WYSIWYG report engine lets you view and print information the way you want it.

Optimization

Create an optimized copy of your code and generate a new EXE. Original code is left intact, but the copy has none of the redundant, unreferenced, and obsolete code that creeps in during development. VB Compress Pro lets you program in VB as if VB supported no-penalty include statements and had intelligent linking.
Project file options identify and eliminate entire files - including forms, classes, modules, and OCX controls and other OLE objects - that are declared but never used.
Sorts, reorganizes and consolidates declarations by type and by compile condition.
Unreferenced item handling options let you comment out or annotate unreferenced code instead of removing it (great with VB color coding); or select interactive, and VBCP will query you for decisions as it rewrites your code. Configure VBCP to handle items differently depending on the type of file they are located in.

VB Compress Pro provides other advanced features

Server mode optimizes VB4/5 server apps that are, by design, loaded with public stuff that is not referenced internally.
Improve on the C language ASSERT macro. Insert the VB statement of your choice, along with a procedure ID message, into every procedure in the project, including multiple-line assertions.
Match strings. Analyze all embedded strings, then use your rules for length and frequency to convert repeated strings into constants.
Eliminate debug code. Give VB Compress Pro your list of statements, and it removes, marks, or comments them out of the copy it creates to make the EXE, but leave them in the original. Match debug statements on how they end as well as begin.
Maintain and use multiple configuration files.
Tightly integrated on-line help, lets you browse, print, and full-text-search.

VB Compress Pro lets you write, manage, and maintain your code better, create the smallest EXE possible, and saves you time and money. If you’re serious about VB programming, you need VB Compress Pro. But don’t take our word for it – here’s what our users think:

"…VB Compress is essential for Visual Basic, especially for large projects. Congratulations on taking the time and initiative to write it. I also appreciate your prompt and courteous technical support."— Michael Bate, Massachusetts

"…Luv this tool! Wow, what a time saver." — Bob Tryon, London Life Insurance, Canada

"…The most valuable VB tool I have ever purchased."— Steven Carpenter, New Zealand

"…Your program is just perfect for my work—you saved me countless hours…and a whole lot of hassle."— Roger Gillan, Synthesys, Hong Kong

" VB Compress provides the fastest way we’ve found to trim fat from and tune performance in your VB files… The new version is practically dazzling as it roars through your project code." — Paul Bonner, Windows Sources, June 1996

VB Compress Pro comes with a thirty day, money-back guarantee. Download the demo to see for yourself why we win awards.

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