[RESOLVED] will a vb6 program run from dos

[flyhigh]

will a vb6 program run from dos prompt?
i mean like edit.com runs from prompt
do i need something different
thanks

[akhileshbc]

I think you can start your VB application using Command Prompt... For this, just call the filename (with exe extension)

Demonstration (in Command Prompt):

C:\Documents And Settings\MyUserName> cd\
press enter
c:\> cd myproject
press enter
c:\myproject> myprojectfile.exe

[westconn1]

if the path\filename contains spaces it will have to be enclosed in quotes

[Milk]

vb6

If you want to make a VB6 console app (as opposed to launching a VB6 GUI app from the console) then this link might be of interest.

[flyhigh]

if i boot up into dos and run my vb6 program will that work?
and do i have to do something with screen resalotion?
thanks

[flyhigh]

when u type in the command line c:\edit what opens is a console app right?

[opus]

I'm not sure, however I believe that a vb6 .exe will NOT run in pure Dos-Mode!

[westconn1]

it would most likely give an error "windows application", vb runtimes would not be available in dos mode

[flyhigh]

yall mean id have to use qbasic or earler to do it?

[Milk]

Where you can use VB6 to create a Win32 console application you can't run a Win32 console application without windows. I think when edit is run in a windows console it runs on a virtual machine.

Regarding Basic compilers for 16bit MSDOS, as well as QBasic there is also Visual Basic 1 for DOS.

[opus]

VB for DOS, my first VB ;-)