Hi Jim, One more note. You are right most of the time a end user doesn't need to know the language the game is written in, but they will need to know the dependancies required to run it. In this case Visual Basic 6 requires allot of libraries which are going to be canned very shortly. The DirectX 8 com libraries for Visual Basic 6 no longer ship with Vista and manually have to be copied from XP to Vista. It is my understanding that Microsoft's future releases of Vista, like Vista SP1, disks will no longer come prepackaged with the VB 6 runtime environment libraries. Which is really the hole problem with using VB 6. It is clear Microsoft is stearing VB programmers away from VB, and are pointing them to .Net which is the new development platform for Windows Vista, Windos CE, Windows Mobile, etc... The technology has just run it's course, and Microsoft is attempting to draw developers away from their older technologies, and to begin using the new MS standards. Is it possible to get Visual Basic 6running on Vista SP1 and later? Probably, but the end user will have to manually find and install the libraries that are missing, and there is no garentee that Microsoft won't change something down the road that will cause an incompatibility or break in one of your VB 6 games.
Jim Kitchen wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Please correct me if I am wrong, but you did not have a problem with the > winkit.zip install but rather the self extracting zip files right? And as > you yourself have mentioned the end user needs not nor actually ever knows > what language a game or program is written in? Truthfully even if I switched > to VB.net I would still use the self extracting zip file method to put all of > my games in the single Kitchensinc folder to run off of my game menu program > as I do now and thus Vista users would encounter the same problem. > > With your permission Thomas I would like to put up on my web site the text of > your message about how to use full administrative rights to get the self > extracting zip files to run in Vista for those who may be having problems > with it. > > Thank you. > > BFN > > Jim > > I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
