one thing that has saved me uncountable hours is the creation of a large module i attach to each new app.

it has many fuctions to make repetitive programming easy.
for example:

VB Code:
  1. Public Function LdFile(sFileName As String) As String ' load a file into a string

  2. Dim ff6 As Integer

  3. ff6 = FreeFile

  4.  
  5. Open sFileName For Input As #ff6

  6.     LdFile = Input$(LOF(ff6), ff6)

  7.     Close #ff6

  8. End Function

  9.  
  10.  
  11. Public Function SvFile(sNewFileName As String, FileContent As String) As Long ' saves a string to a file

  12. Dim FF5 As Integer

  13. FF5 = FreeFile

  14. Open sNewFileName For Output As #FF5

  15.     Print #FF5, FileContent;

  16.     Close #FF5

  17.  SvFile = Len(FileContent)

  18. End Function

  19.  
  20. 'upgraded Instr  intrinsic command

  21. Public Function InStrW(ByRef LookIn As String, ByRef LookFor As String) As Boolean   ' break up lookfor into words, check each word for existance in LookIn

  22.  
  23. Dim arWS() As String

  24. Dim xx As Long

  25. Dim match As Boolean

  26. match = True

  27.  
  28. arWS = Split(Trim(LookFor), " ")

  29.  
  30. For xx = 0 To UBound(arWS) - 2

  31.         If InStr(LookIn, Trim(arWS(xx))) = 0 Then

  32.                 match = False

  33.         Else

  34.             Debug.Print "InstrW = True", (arWS(xx)) & "<", Str(xx), arWS(xx) & "<", "instr return: " & Str(InStr(LookIn, Trim(arWS(xx)))), LookIn, vbTab, LookFor

  35.             Debug.Print Trim(arWS(xx))

  36.             

  37.                 match = True

  38.                  InStrW = True

  39.                 xx = UBound(arWS) - 2

  40.                 Exit For

  41.         End If  'term in string?

  42. Next xx

  43. InStrW = match

  44.  
  45. End Function

and a bunch of other things like that.

does anyone know where i might find more modules like this?
does anyone have any handy "upgraded intrinisics" they would like to share with me?

i know there is some stuff in the code bank, but i am really looking for upgraded versions of intrinsic commands and common tasks, and only in the form of a working function (APIs ok, References not ok).


one more question-
i find adding this mod to every project help reduce development time. is there any disadvantage / problem to bundling unneeded code with your app? (other than a few Kb of space)