CilwaLib is a shared .NET class library written in Visual Basic. It started as a handful of extension methods—the kind of small conveniences that .NET almost provides but never quite does—and has grown into a collection of modules, classes, and custom controls that any WinForms application can reference.

The library is organized into several tiers, each building on the one before it, each documented in the pages listed below.

Getting Started with CilwaLib

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 3/10/2026		Page Views: 59
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Download the CilwaLib source code and get started using the library in your own projects.
Estimated reading time: 2 minute(s) (300 words)

CilwaLib is open source and freely available for download. This page explains how to get the source code and what to expect when downloading.

Basic Extensions

By: Paul S Cilwa	Posted: 4/10/2026		Page Views: 70
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Low-level extension modules for strings, dates, and files that the rest of CilwaLib builds on.
Estimated reading time: 1 minute(s) (35 words)

The modules in this section extend .NET's built-in types with everyday operations that are either missing or unnecessarily verbose. Because the rest of CilwaLib depends on them, they live here in their own folder.