cant install VB6 (Interdev)

Yep, that's the magic secret. I have yet to find an app (pre-vista) that
doesn't install and run in Vista, if you run the setup as admin. Also keeps
you from getting all kinds of UAC prompts when you run the app.

Kurt

"SpaceMarine" <spacemarine.RemoveThis@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> On Dec 7, 3:34 pm, SpaceMarine <spacemar....RemoveThis@mailinator.com> wrote:
>> i am trying to install VB6 onto a Windows Vista Enterprise machine.
>>
>> everytime i try, it reports this error:
>>
>> "The installation wizard detected that you are not a member of the
>> administrators group, which is required for running the installation
>> wizard"
>
> solution found -- right-click the setup.exe, choose "Run as
> administrator". gets me past that point.
>
>
> sm

Since VB 2008 express is free, and three versions later than VB 6, I can't
see why its even worth trying to install VB 6 on Vista.

The subject is somewhat confusing however, since Interdev isn't tied to VB.

"Kurt Herman" wrote:

> Yep, that's the magic secret. I have yet to find an app (pre-vista) that
> doesn't install and run in Vista, if you run the setup as admin. Also keeps
> you from getting all kinds of UAC prompts when you run the app.
>
> Kurt
>
> "SpaceMarine" <spacemarine.DeleteThis@mailinator.com> wrote in message
> news:ab5dc279-ba90-4239-b7ee-05b4b085a6e7@o42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> > On Dec 7, 3:34 pm, SpaceMarine <spacemar....DeleteThis@mailinator.com> wrote:
> >> i am trying to install VB6 onto a Windows Vista Enterprise machine.
> >>
> >> everytime i try, it reports this error:
> >>
> >> "The installation wizard detected that you are not a member of the
> >> administrators group, which is required for running the installation
> >> wizard"
> >
> > solution found -- right-click the setup.exe, choose "Run as
> > administrator". gets me past that point.
> >
> >
> > sm
>
>

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<FamilyTreeMike.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:EC15DAFC-6C0E-4A14-85B5-86E1CE63F192@microsoft.com:

> I agree that there are legacy apps written under vb 6 to be supported.
> Building the app on Vista isn't necesary to thuroughly testing it on
> that platform. A test plan and platform requirements are necessary
> for that.
>
> My recommendation was partially based on the original poster not
> mentioning they were maintaining an existing app however. They may be
> a hobbiest and not aware of vb 2008.

The experienced hobbiest programmer is probably *the* last person that
would dump VB6 for (sic)VB.Net.

When you've got years of learning a programming language and then an
'update' breaks a LOT of it, it's not an update. VB.Net is in no way
shape or form VBc.

http://vb.mvps.org/vfred/breaks.asp

MS has produced no viable path to 'upgrade' VB6 apps to .Net. The import
tool _sometimes_ works on only the _most_ basic of apps.

That is why many still use VB6.

Oddly enough, while MS continues to try to give away the .Net Express
edition of VB.Net, people are still willing to pay a good dollar for the
'archaic' or 'obsolete' version 6 of VB, used or new, as witnessed by a
couple of EBay auctions....

http://tinyurl.com/29t3aw
http://tinyurl.com/yosjlo

As to the OP's situation, InterDev came with Visual Studio 6 (Enterprise
?) and they all use one common installer.

On Dec 8, 7:05 am, Family Tree Mike
<FamilyTreeM....DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Building the app on Vista isn't necesary to thuroughly testing it on that

your opinion. my team decided we'd like to test building on the
desired platform so that we can quickly see which references are
missing, and can make other updates quickly due to working on the
desired platform.

> My recommendation was partially based on the original poster not mentioning
> they were maintaining an existing app however.

unnecessary information excluded. didnt need or care for anyone's
opinion on VB6 on vista, just a solution to the technical problem at
hand.


thanks
sm

On Dec 7, 3:55 pm, SpaceMarine <spacemar... DeleteThis @mailinator.com> wrote:

> solution found -- right-click the setup.exe, choose "Run as
> administrator". gets me past that point.

btw, while this did get the VB6 IDE to install (sorry for the mis-
labeled thread, im not a VB6 man so i mistakenly thought its IDE was
called Interdev), it didnt allow me to install the "Visual Studio 6.0
Service Pack 4" disc. that claims it cant find the version of MDAC it
needs.

i downloaded MDAC v2.8 to try & install, but no dice. i also read
something that made me think the stand-alone MDAC installer isnt
designed for use on Vista.

anybody have the VS 6.0's SP4 installed?


thanks,
sm