[VB6] - WinRT Interfaces & XAML Islands TypeLibs for VB6/VBA x86 and VBA7 x64

[wqweto]

pcjOCR is interesting demo, but how to run it in VB ide?

Stops in Public Function NewObject -> Debug.Assert False

You need <maxversiontested Id="10.0.18362.0"/> in your IDE manifest file.

Here is my complete VB6.exe.manifest from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
	<assemblyIdentity 
		version="2002.10.0.25" 
		processorArchitecture="X86" 
		name="vb6.exe" 
		type="win32" />
	<description>WindowsExecutable</description>
	<dependency>
		<dependentAssembly>
			<assemblyIdentity 
				type="win32" 
				name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" 
				version="6.0.0.0" 
				processorArchitecture="X86" 
				publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" 
				language="*" />
		</dependentAssembly>
	</dependency>
    <asmv3:application>
        <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">
            <dpiAware>true</dpiAware>
        </asmv3:windowsSettings>
    </asmv3:application>
    <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
        <application>
            <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}" />
            <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}" />
            <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}" />
            <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}" />
            <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}" />
            <maxversiontested Id="10.0.18362.0"/>
        </application>
    </compatibility>
    <application xmlns:ws2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">
        <ws2:windowsSettings>
            <ws2:longPathAware>true</ws2:longPathAware>
        </ws2:windowsSettings>
    </application>
</assembly>

And stop using Win7 compatibility shims for no apparent reason (no, it's not getting faster with compat shims).

Also IDE does not need to be elevated on Win10/Win11 to register those COM DLLs/OCXs you are compiling your projects to.

cheers,
</wqw>

[Tech99]

Thanks wqw, that sorted it out. My vb6.exe manifest was missing win10 supportedOS and maxversionTested IDs.

I have newer run vb6 ide with OS compatibility version option ticked.

[wqweto]

Thanks wqw, that sorted it out. My vb6.exe manifest was missing win10 supportedOS and maxversionTested IDs.

I have newer run vb6 ide with OS compatibility version option ticked.

+1

Sorry about the shims, it's from another thread I can't muster up some goodwill to answer there.

cheers,
</wqw>

[VanGoghGaming]

There is a VB6.EXE.manifest file in the Common folder included in the Samples Collection.

This is mentioned in Post #6 above but worth mentioning again since it got lost along the way.

The maxversiontested attribute is absolutely required whenever you are instantiating XAML controls. The rest of WinRT classes don't care about it.