"Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows
does well, acts nobly; angels could no more."
-Edward Young (hardcore VB coder) 1684-1765.
VB5 vs VB6
Most important thing is I don't own VB6. (Or, VB5.2 as I prefer to call it). I should get it soon,
but I'm really waiting for VB7 because good VB releases always have odd numbers. Its true!
I'm beginning to ship VB6 binaries because readers are helping me. But basically most things compiled are VB5.
Even if there is a newer VB6 version of certain DLLs, none of the VB5 libraries will ever reference the VB6 version:
Therefore if I've released a VB5 version, it must run with a VB5 compatible DLL set, and likewise for a VB6
version of a project it must run with the standard VB6 runtimes.
Moving On Up
So despite how much you'd like to just move from the VB5 version to the VB6 one, that isn't going to happen.
(And it isn't going to happen when we move from VB6 to VB7 unless Microsoft come up with a blinder in DLL
technology). So, how do you move from a prior VB version to a newer one? To a greater or lesser degree, that
task can be done automatically for you when you move from the Microsoft supplied VB5 to VB6 controls. However,
there are no such behind the scenes fix-up tools when using vbAccelerator source code (MS dragging their feet
again. Answer my emails you monopoly-controlling coders!) Therefore there is a certain amount of dull and
manual work to be done.
If you follow these steps though, you are likely to get the code running more quickly:
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Ensure VB5 run-time libraries are installed
It cannot hurt! By ensuring this code is installed, you can register controls built in previous editions
and run the binaries compiled in those editions. See Installation for details on
how to download the VB runtimes for various versions.
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Download and register all the relevant DLLs
That includes particularly the VB5 version of SSubTmr.DLL. Download
and register the VB6 version at the same time! For more details about
registering and registration problems, read the article about it.
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Open the project in VB6
If there are errors then VB6 is looking for the compatible OCX in the wrong place, for example,
it may be that you have not created the "Release" subdirectory in the right place or that
the VBP file is pointing to the wrong "Release" subdirectory. All my control and DLL
projects assume that there will be a copy of the latest binary, VB5 version, registered, under a
subdirectory of the project's VBP file called "Release".
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If the project uses the SubClassing and Timer Assistant
Reference to the correct version.
There are two steps:
- Choose
- Search and Replace SSubTimer with SSubTimer6 (to change ProgID where VB requires it).
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Now Run Your Project!
Everything should work fine. If the control doesn't size correctly, that is because of the unexpected and
bizarre change of order in VB6 of the Resize and ReadProperties events. Add the following line
to the end of the UserControl_ReadProperties event to fix it:
UserControl_Resize
Remember - vbAccelerator is not saying you can have plug and play VB6 binaries right now.
That can't happen full scale until I get VB6. Until then we do what we can!
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