Making an exe that wo'nt requiere vb6FR.dll

[Couin]

Hi all

I make my apps with Visual Basic 6 French and each exe I create requieres VB6FR.DLL installed on the running app machine.

I think it's because I use the french version of Visual Basic.

Is there a way to ride off the requierement ?
I mean, An option somewaghre une Visual Basic, to make exe like if we make it with a english version of Visual Basic, , that I think, making exe that doesn't requeire this DLL on running machine where this exe is launched ?

Thanks
Couin

[Eduardo-]

Why do you think that dll is "required"?
(I think if the progran does not find it it runs anyway).

[Couin]

Hi Eduardo

I get a error like the "vb6fr.dll could not be found" if this dll is not palced in System32/SysWow64 on the machine where I would run the exe.

[Eduardo-]

Well, that's strange. I develop in an Spanish VB6 and never had that problem.
OK, let's wait to see if someone knows about it.

BTW: do you have SP6 installed?

[Eduardo-]

Do you have any API delcaration that uses that DLL? (search for vb6fr in your code).

[Couin]

I just tried now a very simple exe with only the Form1 form, nothing else.
Created the exe, and sent it on a machien that has not this dll and I get the error.

The message is exactly : the language DLL VB6FR.DLL could not be found .

[Arnoutdv]

Do you compile to P-code?

[Couin]

Hi Arnoutdv,

No, in native.
Look at the screenshot : )

[Krool]

You can "crack" the exe to replace VB6FR.DLL to msvbvm60.dll.

https://codes-sources.commentcamarch...dll-facilement

Private Sub Command1_Click()
FileCont = ""
Dim FileTemp As String
Dim Ligne As String * 1024
Open Text1.Text For Binary As #1 Len = Len(Ligne)
Do While Not EOF(1)
Get #1, , Ligne
FileCont = FileCont & Ligne
Loop
Close #1
FileTemp = vbEmpty
Open Text2.Text For Binary As #1 Len = Len(Ligne2)
Put #1, , Replace("VB6FR.DLL", Text3.Text, FileCont, vbBinaryCompare)
Close #1
End Sub

[Couin]

Hi,

Thanks, but I don't want to add any code to my projects.
I search a solution to Visual Basic Frenche makes exe like Visual Basic non French (and without needed DLL).

Also, Avira beeped on project extraction from your link.

[Krool]

Hi,

Thanks, but I don't want to add any code to my projects.
I search a solution to Visual Basic Frenche makes exe like Visual Basic non French (and without needed DLL).

Also, Avira beeped on project extraction from your link.

You don't need any code in your project. It's outside of your project.

Make exe as usual, then crack it before sending to the client.

I won't give anything of a beep from Avira. It's typical to have false alarms for VB6.

[Couin]

Hi,

I missed something but I understand now.

Also, I tried to "crack" an app I did with if, but the cracked exe does not start, I get a warning "Out of memory".

[saturnian]

Bonjour Couin
Tu peux utiliser IPDK, l'utilitaire prévu pour cela par Microsoft, qui permet de modifier l'exécutable pour enlever la référence à VB6FR.DLL
Il est encore téléchargeable sur le lien suivant.
http://web.archive.org/web/200406041...EN-US/ipdk.exe
Il y a une documentation pour chaque langue gérée. C'est enfantin !
Tu compiles, puis tu passes ton exe à la moulinette VBLocal.exe

Hello Couin
You can use IPDK, the utility provided for this by Microsoft, which allows you to modify the executable to remove the reference to VB6FR.DLL
It is still downloadable on the following link.
http://web.archive.org/web/200406041...EN-US/ipdk.exe
There is documentation for each supported language. It's childish!
You compile, then you use VBLocal.exe

[saturnian]

Tu trouveras sur le lien suivant un petit outil d'interface en français qui ne fonctionne que pour VB6FR.dll et dont je me sers régulièrement
http://www.ordoconcept.net/vb/Visual...ocalizator.zip

[jdc2000]

Translation:

You will find on the following link a small interface tool in French which only works for VB6FR.dll and which I use regularly

http://www.ordoconcept.net/vb/Visual...ocalizator.zip

[Eduardo-]

So VB6 in French works different in regard of the need of the localization file DLL than other languages? What about German, Italian, Chinese, Russian?

[dilettante]

The IPDK is documented in the MSDN Library docs that came with VB6. Just search on the term there for details.

[Thierry69]

This is strange that this vb6fr.dll is required.
Never saw that before.
But I try always to install & run all my apps in English (even if I am a french people)

[Couin]

Hi friends,

Thanks for answers, I'll try IPDK and VisualBasicLocalisator but I have to remove the TR.Dropgen5 virus I have since I downloaded the "Se passer de vb6fr.dll facilement" example. Each exe I compile with VB6 now deleted by Avira ...

[Couin]

Hi friends,

I finally installed an US version of VB6 IDE.
Apps compiledwith it no longer request VB6FR.DLL.

Thanks

[darjeeling]

It is so easy !

    Dim MyString As String
    Open App.Path & "\MyExe.exe" For Binary As #1
    MyString = Space$(LOF(1))
    Get #1, , MyString
    MyString = Replace(MyString, "VB6FR.DLL", "MSDMO.DLL")
    Put #1, 1, MyString
    Close #1