VB6 and twinBASIC are "twins". You know, just like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twins.

You can now use twinBASIC to create a COM add-in for Excel that handles Excel Application events like NewWorkbook and WorkbookOpen.

The twinBASIC weekly updates now have their own dedicated tag on nolongerset.com, making it easier to find the other twinBASIC articles.

With twinBASIC, you no longer need C++ to build a standard DLL. Call high-performance code from VBA without needing the Windows registry.

Ever wish you could turn your VBA code into a COM add-in that would run in 32- AND 64-bit Office applications? It's easier than ever with twinBASIC.

Move over Rubberduck VBA and MZ-Tools. The next great VBE addin is going to be built with twinBASIC. Here are step-by-step instructions to get you started.

Did you ever wish you could build a custom control for Microsoft Access forms and reports? With twinBASIC, that's a 15-minute project.

You can now extract the embedded text files from .twinproj containers for use in version control. I wrote a batch file to make the process even easier.

The VB6 Command$() function returns command line arguments in twinBASIC. But, for now, we still need a workaround to set cmd line args while debugging.

I couldn't figure out how to pass command line arguments to a twinBASIC console application. So I improvised a solution.

We may not have the syntax to write multi-threaded code yet, but that can't stop us from creating multiple threads in the twinBASIC Debug Console.

twinBASIC supports generic objects! Let's dig into the details with a practical example.

CAUTION! twinBASIC is a work-in-progress. To avoid frustration, learn what's not working *before* you start playing with it.

The difference between 100% compatible and 99% compatible is way more than 1%.

There's even more new syntax in twinBASIC, including the IsNot operator, initializing on declare, and augmented assignment operators.

twinBASIC takes a page out of the RubberduckVBA book, using code comment "annotations" to generate real-time, IntelliSense-integrated documentation.

Let's cover some more new syntax in twinBASIC, including parameterized class constructors, method overloading, and return syntax for functions.

Let's cover some new syntax in twinBASIC, including "AndAlso/OrElse"; the ternary If() operator; and "Continue For" and its cousins.

Okay, twinBASIC. It's time to make yourself useful.

Experienced developers know that they spend more time debugging code than writing it. Luckily, twinBASIC has some capable debugging tools.