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    Default VB6 and Win7 (off-topic discussion from Multicalc thread)

    Unfortunatly, VB6 cannot be installed on win7!

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    Last edited by Demon; - 26th March 2012 at 00:36. Reason: We went OT in Steve's thread so I moved things here since the information is still helpful.
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    Thanks for the heart attack Al.

    But I can develop on the XP machine and copy the executable to the Win 7 64-bit system, right?

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    That should work, Robert.

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    I had a small VB6 executable that was developed on a XP and it runs just fine on a Win7-64.

    It was for callories and weight check (for boys and girls). Very PIC related...!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ioannis View Post
    I had a small VB6 executable that was developed on a XP and it runs just fine on a Win7-64.

    It was for callories and weight check (for boys and girls). Very PIC related...!

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    You got it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Demon View Post
    Thanks for the heart attack Al.

    But I can develop on the XP machine and copy the executable to the Win 7 64-bit system, right?

    Robert
    Yes you can, but you really want to move on .NET buddy ASAP. I doubt the executable will work AS IS, you may want to create an installation Package first to include all extra dll & components.

    You can do a lot with all EXPRESS version, VB, C# & so forth. Of course, full version of Visual Studio offer more tools & template.

    Lot of info & code example all over the place. CodeProject is also a nice place to grab some knowledge.

    If you want, I have the installation package for the PICMultiCalc somewhere... it just don't fit the max upload limit of the forum
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    Steve, does the Express version:

    1. Create Installer for program distribution as VB6 did?

    2. Does the new VB Studio support Serial Ports?

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    The Express version create an "ExpressInstaller", says a "one click setup". You can't specify any path, no EULA, no nothing. It's meant for easy software distribution. You can't sale any software made with any EXPRESS version either.

    Yes it has a native SerialPort support. It's not limited to COM16 like VB6 (unless you "patch" the OCX). Easy Easy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by aratti View Post
    Unfortunatly, VB6 cannot be installed on win7!

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    I beg to differ.

    I have VB6 installed on Win7 32 Bit and all I had to do was set it to run in compatability mode for Win XP SP3 and diasable desktop composition. It doesnt give me any problems on Win7 but I gave up with Vista as I would often get 3 or 4 blue screens within an hour !!!!
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    Keith, your post is interesting, but it could be extremely useful if you could post also the step by step procedure to install VB6 on win7, since your simple summury didn't help me at all.

    Thank you for sharing your succesfull experience.

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    Default Re: New PIC Utility. PICMultiCalc

    http://vbcity.com/forums/p/161080/689494.aspx
    http://www.isoleech.com/2012/02/19/installing-vb-6-on-windows-7-64bit/


    stop wasting your time with vb6, as of today, win8 is not going to support it anyways...
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    Quote Originally Posted by aratti View Post
    Keith, your post is interesting, but it could be extremely useful if you could post also the step by step procedure to install VB6 on win7, since your simple summury didn't help me at all.

    Thank you for sharing your succesfull experience.

    Cheers

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    From memory, I just ran the normal setup.exe. I think there may have been a popup that said what I had to change to allow it to run, and I eithr clicked on the OK button or just right clicked on the shortcut for the installed program and set it as mentioned above.

    Sorry I cant be more clear but it is around two years since I installed it so remembering exactly what I did isnt easy !!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mister
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    stop wasting your time with vb6, as of today, win8 is not going to support it anyways...

    Funny, I was planning on not wasting my time with Window$ 8.

    I just got win7-64.

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    Steve, thanks for the link but no way, Win7 does not like VB6.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Demon View Post
    Funny, I was planning on not wasting my time with Window$ 8.

    I just got win7-64.

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    Ah !!! My VB6 install is on Win7-32. Maybe that makes the difference.

    I havent moved to 64bit yet. At work I built a new laptop with Win7-64 and still havent been able to install some 64 bit programs becuase if conflicts with other 32 bit programs that are running. We have an application that uses MSaccess 2010 DB engine and trying to install that on someone machine failed becuase they had Office 2010 - 32 bit installed.

    On the laptop I built, we have Office 2007 32 Bit so I thought I would be OK with the app that used Access2010 but no "you have 32 bit office programs installed - please install the 32 bit version of this program "

    So many third part programs rely on using parts of MS Office or Internet Explorer that it is just a minefield. !!!
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    One more reason why many move on SQL server or on SQL Lite. However, you could give this a shot
    http://blog.codefluententities.com/2...distributable/
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    Quote Originally Posted by mister_e View Post
    One more reason why many move on SQL server or on SQL Lite. However, you could give this a shot
    http://blog.codefluententities.com/2...distributable/
    Hi Steve, the application I was talking about is actually the programming tool for Mitel phone systems. It includes the Access DB engine redistributable and they have both 32 and 64 bit versions of the programming tool.

    The issues that I have had are they it wont install the 64 bit version of the tool on a 64 bit computer IF there is a 32 bit version of Office on those machines. Its just really frustrating the way different software product conflict with one thing or another.

    A couple of years ago I was developing a digital signage application and was using Quicktime to play MOV files. Apple released an updated version of Quicktime with one of the iTunes updates and it broke my application, there were problems with the aspect ratio of the image. I downgraded Quicktime and my app was fine, but then iTunes refused to work despite the fact that I never used any of the features that needed QT as I only ever used it for loading songs onto my iPod.
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    mmm yeah that sucks. I suggest you to ask the question on the MSDN forum then. Sure enough, there's a solution for that.
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