VB6 - Line Numbering at build time

Question

One of the cool things about VB6 is that if you add a line numbers to your code is that the ERL function will return it if an error occurs.

I use MZ-Tools for VB6 to add line numbers to the entire project, which is really cool, however, it's a pain to work with code that is numbered. So I typically remove the lines while I work on it.

I was wondering whether there is a command line way to add/remove line numbers using either MZ-Tools or something else? I'd like to incorporate it into the build process.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Googling turned up these tools which, apparently, are command-line tools that will add line numbers and then build the project. I haven't tried them.

• Visual Basic Expert - freeware
• VB Builder - $30 at the time of typing
• VB Watch Protector - $300 at the time of typing, but it does many other things besides.

You'd want to hook this up with your version control system and check in the line-numbered code.

BTW the VB6 discussion group is an excellent place to Google for this sort of stuff.

Answer 2

I once downloaded a great tool for line numbering VB6 applications during the build process (I think from a forum) but I've since lost the original location and author. I went and posted the tool here on my blog, at least until someone tells me where the original code is, and who the author was.

It's a GUI tool with a command line interface and Windows shell integration. Not bad. It comes with the source code in VB6, so it's pretty nifty. I've used it successfully.