Visual Basic Editor References
Here is a list of common Windows APIs (advapi32.dll, kernel32.dll, shell32.dll, user32.dll)
| Full Library Name | Description | File Name |
| Acrobat Distiller | Producing a PDF File | |
| Front Page Controls | Frontpage design time controls | fpdtc.dll |
| Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 | Needed for accessing a database using ADO | msado28.tlb |
| Microsoft CDO 1.21 Library | ||
| Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Library | Exposes the interfaces of the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) | cdosys.dll |
| Microsoft COM Services | Needed for creating certain COM applications and COM services. | ole32.dll |
| Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object | Needed for accessing a database using DAO | dao360.dll |
| Microsoft Excel 16.0 Object Library | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 16.0\Root\Office 16.0\ | excel.exe |
| Microsoft Forms 2.0 Object | C:\Windows\System32\ | fm20.dll |
| Microsoft HTML Object Library | C:\Windows\System32\ | mshtml.tlb |
| Microsoft Internet Controls Library (WebBrowser) | Used to programmatically interact with Internet Explorer C:\Windows\System32\ | ieframe.dll |
| Microsoft Office 16.0 Object Library | C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office16\ C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\Office16\ | mso.dll |
| Microsoft Office Soap Type Library 3.0 | mssoap3.dll | |
| Microsoft Script Control 1.0 | Can provide general-purpose scripting services | msscript.ocx |
| Microsoft Scripting Runtime | Needed for accessing files and folders C:\Windows\System32\ | scrrun.dll |
| Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5 | Needed for performing regular expressions | vbscript.dll |
| Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Extensibility | Needed for manipulating userforms at run-time | vbe8txt.olb |
| Microsoft WinHTTP Services 5.1 | ||
| Microsoft Word 16.0 Object Library | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ | msword.olb |
| Microsoft XML 6.0 | msxml.dll | |
| OLE Automation | Contains the basic functions for ActiveX automation C:\Windows\System32\ | stdole2.tlb |
| Visual Basic for Applications | C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\VBA7.1\ | vbe7.dll |
| Windows Common Controls 2.6.0 | Common date controls | mscomct2.ocx |
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