Vista aka Longhorn Question

[purdybirds]

I've heard that VB 6 won't run on the new operating system. Will apps created in VB 6 run?

[Hack]

I've heard that VB 6 won't run on the new operating system. Will apps created in VB 6 run?

Flip a coin...I just finished Googling Microsoft Vista, but there really isn't that much information out there on this product yet (nothing very substantive anyway).

Vista is (according to industry pundits and Microsoft) going to be a 64bit OS.

When Microsoft finally released a true 32bit OS, they maintained backward compatibility for 16bit apps to run, at least in 95/98...so, maybe the first two or three iterations of Vista will maintain backward compatibility for running 32bit apps.

There is an awful lot of code out in the corporate world that is written in VB. If Microsoft removes the ability to run those apps, then many probably won't upgrade.

Heck, I know some companies that are still running NT4.

[penagate]

I've heard that VB 6 won't run on the new operating system. Will apps created in VB 6 run?

Yes; 32-bit applications will run on Longhorn (I refuse to call it Vista), and the VB6 runtimes are included in the support period for XP/Longhorn, until 2008.

[RobDog888]

Boooo! *SLAP* Bill Gates for still supporting VB6 in Vista. MS makes others upgrade to .NET and not provide backwards support for VB6 (they did but made a mess of it to where its of no real use). So they should just let the dying horse die with peace and dignity.

All hail VS.NET. Long live .NET King.

[penagate]

Boooo! *SLAP* Bill Gates for still supporting VB6 in Vista. MS makes others upgrade to .NET and not provide backwards support for VB6 (they did but made a mess of it to where its of no real use). So they should just let the dying horse die with peace and dignity.

All hail VS.NET. Long live .NET King.

I wonder how popular Longhorn would be if it didn't run 32-bit applications; because even if it didn't include the VB6 runtimes, they could be installed just like any other 32-bit DLL.

[StrangerInBeijing]

(I refuse to call it Vista),

...curious...why? Longhorn sounds kinda...uuuuh

[penagate]

...curious...why? Longhorn sounds kinda...uuuuh

You had to think of that, didn't you... now I don't have any decent name to call it

The Next Windows Coming Out In 2006 Or Is It 2007 Or 2008.

[StrangerInBeijing]

Yeah, you never know. I mean, there's already names for the next 2 versions of VS.8 (Hawaii & Orca?)

[RobDog888]

Sounds like the MS Developers are trying to send Bill a subliminal message.

Didnt Orca get killed in that movie back in the 70s or 80s was it?

[Mike Stefanik]

Vista is (according to industry pundits and Microsoft) going to be a 64bit OS.

You folks are aware that there's going to be an x86 (32-bit) version of Vista, right? The 64-bit version of Vista isn't even going to be put into the retail channel by Microsoft; the only way someone will get it is if they buy an x64 system or through volume licensing, MSDN, etc. directly from Microsoft. In other words, no one will be wandering into Fry's or Best Buy and picking up a copy of Vista x64 to install at home.

According to Microsoft, there are three "flavors" of Vista that are going to be available: one for x86 systems, one for x64 and one for servers using the Itanium processor. And, in any case, 32-bit apps will continue to work just fine on Vista x64 (it's the 16-bit apps which won't run).

Bottom line, there's absolutely nothing to be concerned about. VB6 and programs created using VB6 will continue to run as they are, without modification.

[StrangerInBeijing]

Thanks Mike

Nice to see some people make sure what they are talking about before jumping to conclusions.