metev

Hi there,

I want to install vb6 under vista but it doesnt work. I know that vb6 and vista are not compatible but I still hope there is a solution. Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance!

Valeri

JPB

VB6 and Vista are "compatible", if you follow these steps:

1) Install VB6 by exploring the CD and then right-click the setup file and select "Run as Administrator".
2) Install the latest Service Pack using "Run as Administrator"
3) After VB6 is installed, right-click on the VB6 icon and click Properties. On the Compatibility tab select "Run this program as an administrator", "Disable Desktop Composition" and "Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2)". Then click OK.

Once you've completed those steps, VB6 should work under Vista (I am using it on my computer using these settings).

dilettante

Indeed. See Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows®Vista™and Windows®Server 2008™ in regard to the status of VB6.

In particular note that Microsoft has made no promises of IDE support after April 8, 2008 though. This means future patches and service packs might break IDE functionality.

The fallback position is to be sure one has a retail copy of Windows XP Pro that could be installed for VB6 development. Either a hardware machine or a virtual machine might be used for this purpose. Windows 2000 is not an entirely viable alternative for Vista development for a number of reasons.

metev

do you mean: I should install the newest service pack for XP (Service Pack 3)?
The other problem is that i can run the program but there#re some elements like Charts ot Tabs that are not recognized.

Flyguy

What do you mean with Charts or Tabs are not recognized?
Does the VB6 starts?
Do you have problems with older projects?

metev

ja! I have been designing an app for the last two years with VB6. Now I bought a new notebook with Vista and I can not open my project. But I can run VB6.exe without any problems as admin. When I try to load some of the forms I get the following log messages:

Line 13: Cannot load control CommonDialog1; license not found.
Line 21: Property OleObjectBlob in MSChart1 could not be set.
Line 13: Cannot load control MSChart1; license not found.

Flyguy

That's seems more a problem with the version of VB6 you installed on Vista.

Have a look at this support page:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194751

metev

ok I did! I registered every single control. But it still doesnt work!
I will try to reinstall VB6. I didnt quite understand what kind of Service Pack should I have in order to run it?

Flyguy

The support page is not about registering the controls manually but about fixing the license problems.

What edition of VB6 did you have on your previous machine and what version do you have installed on Vista (Learning, Pro, Business)

SP6 is the latest service pack.

metev

its the same version.
How can I fix the license problems?

dilettante

Are you sure that VB6 is running "as admin" when you open your project?

I don't think you're offered that as a context menu choice on VBP files. This means you'd either need to have set "run as admin" on VB6.exe through the appcompat properties or via an elevation manifest... or maybe by starting the IDE from an elevated command prompt.