[VB6] - WinRT Interfaces & XAML Islands TypeLibs for VB6/VBA x86 and VBA7 x64

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Originally Posted by Tech99

pcjOCR is interesting demo, but how to run it in VB ide?

Stops in Public Function NewObject -> Debug.Assert False

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You need <maxversiontested Id="10.0.18362.0"/> in your IDE manifest file.

Here is my complete VB6.exe.manifest from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
        <assemblyIdentity
                version="2002.10.0.25"
                processorArchitecture="X86"
                name="vb6.exe"
                type="win32" />
        <description>WindowsExecutable</description>
        <dependency>
                <dependentAssembly>
                        <assemblyIdentity
                                type="win32"
                                name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
                                version="6.0.0.0"
                                processorArchitecture="X86"
                                publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
                                language="*" />
                </dependentAssembly>
        </dependency>
    <asmv3:application>
        <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">
            <dpiAware>true</dpiAware>
        </asmv3:windowsSettings>
    </asmv3:application>
    <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
        <application>
            <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}" />
            <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}" />
            <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}" />
            <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}" />
            <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}" />
            <maxversiontested Id="10.0.18362.0"/>
        </application>
    </compatibility>
    <application xmlns:ws2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">
        <ws2:windowsSettings>
            <ws2:longPathAware>true</ws2:longPathAware>
        </ws2:windowsSettings>
    </application>
</assembly>

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And stop using Win7 compatibility shims for no apparent reason (no, it's not getting faster with compat shims).

Also IDE does not need to be elevated on Win10/Win11 to register those COM DLLs/OCXs you are compiling your projects to.

cheers,
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Thanks wqw, that sorted it out. My vb6.exe manifest was missing win10 supportedOS and maxversionTested IDs.

I have newer run vb6 ide with OS compatibility version option ticked.

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Originally Posted by Tech99

Thanks wqw, that sorted it out. My vb6.exe manifest was missing win10 supportedOS and maxversionTested IDs.

I have newer run vb6 ide with OS compatibility version option ticked.

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+1

Sorry about the shims, it's from another thread I can't muster up some goodwill to answer there.

cheers,
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There is a VB6.EXE.manifest file in the Common folder included in the Samples Collection.

This is mentioned in Post #6 above but worth mentioning again since it got lost along the way. :bigyello:

The maxversiontested attribute is absolutely required whenever you are instantiating XAML controls. The rest of WinRT classes don't care about it.