Report : VB6 IDE and compiler on Win 10 TP

[Elroy]

joergenvig,

VB6 is a full blown 32 bit application. That means that all of its internal memory pointers are unsigned 32 bit (4 byte) integers. That means that it's capable of addressing 4gig of address space. Some will argue that it starts complaining at about 2.5gig, but that's not my experience on a machine with plenty of memory.

Because of the way these pointers are handled, any particular dynamic string or array is limited to 2 gig. One of the most restrictive limits is the way User Defined Types (UDTs, or structures) are handled. This restriction also applies to fixed length strings (but not variable length strings). The static portion of UDTs or fixed length strings is 64k. However, you can have as many of these as you like in a single program.

I have no idea where the 80meg number is coming from. Bottom line, as a high-level 32 bit language, VB6 absolutely runs with the best of them.

EDIT: Also, don't forget that classes (for the creation of object) is fully implemented in VB6. In fact, this same technology is used for creating forms. What this means is that the code and user interfaces in the EXE is seldom (if ever) completely pulled into memory. The typical EXE for a primary application that I distribute is 95meg, and I can promise that, at times, it pulls VERY LARGE chunks of data into memory for various reasons, and, if I dare say, this application runs flawlessly.