Installing VB6 Professional on Windows 11 - no admin and enrolled

[yereverluvinuncleber]

Compile/run your recent changes in VB6 alone, ensure it all works. Then migrate to TwinBasic and try it there.

[WaynePhillipsEA]

BTW, when you open a VBP project in twinBASIC, you'll be prompted with a dialog allowing you to set a few initial project options. One of them is 'Option Explicit', which defaults to ON for the whole project in twinBASIC, but you can turn it off easily at that point.

[AdorablePlum]

Ah yes. Thank you. Going forward I think I will leave it ticked now that everything is declared.

The app is running but there is an issue with a tooltip class. The reason for this is that it allows a multi-line tooltip showing the address of the Customer whose name is in a combobox. It works when the form is first loaded but subsequent loads give a "Object variable not set" when referring to it.

(let me know if I should be posting this in a different thread)

[Arnoutdv]

@AdorablePlum, this is not about installing VB6 on W11 anymore. I would create a new thread, in the correct forum (VB6 or TwinBasic) and explain in detail what you do, what you expect and what you get.

[yereverluvinuncleber]

Correct - back to basics!

[imotion]

this seems a good installer, I used it
easy and quick to follow instructions, you need the VB6 cd iso, it generates the new installer with the Inno Setup scripts

http://web.archive.org/web/201909161...74428&lngWId=1

[AdorablePlum]

Thank you I will take a look later. web.archive is a blocked domain at work.
The installation files are on a stick rather than a CD.

In anycase, after repeatedly getting an "Error registering component" error and all the Addins missing, I now have an unlocked machine to try on, which is good and only took 2.5 months.

[AdorablePlum]

Ok so that seemed to go well. All the Addins are there and everything seems to work.
I think my installation comes with SP6 already, but I'm not sure how to check.

I can't remember what custom options I used for the W10 installation, but there does seem to be a difference in the About, namely that in the W11 install the Forms3 isn't mentioned.

Does anyone know the significance of this, please?

[VanGoghGaming]

It should say "Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (SP6)" at the top so you don't have SP6 installed.

[AdorablePlum]

Thank you. That's now installed although I think I've been using it without SP6 for quite a while.

Any idea about the missing Forms3?

[wqweto]

Thank you. That's now installed although I think I've been using it without SP6 for quite a while.

Any idea about the missing Forms3?

I don't have Forms3 here at version 9782 (i.e. SP6) so probably not a big deal.

Forms subsystem is working fine incl. the Form Designer in IDE.

cheers,
</wqw>

[AdorablePlum]

Reassuring thanks.

[Phill.W]

... I now have an unlocked machine to try on, which is good and only took 2.5 months.

Yaaaayyy!!!!!!

Well done!

Regards, Phill W.

[AdorablePlum]

Thank you Yes I feel vindicated, although the PC will need to be enrolled, so the effect of that remains to be seen.

[yereverluvinuncleber]

Yes, well... we did state that would be the environment you would be working in, in the end. It was inevitable.

VB6 now and TwinBasic as a future upgrade path.

[AdorablePlum]

Yes, I'm enjoying exploring TwinBasic.
I'll leave this thread open a little longer to report back on what happens when this PC is enrolled.