MSVBVM60.DLL

[Necromancer]

Hey Guys,
Does anyone know what this means? I had someone compile my program for me (remember my program won't do it - tutorial) and when I got it back as an exe, I tried to run it and instead got box that (in the title bar) said

"Error Starting Program"

and the message was

"A Required .DLL file, MSVBVM60.DLL,was not found."

What i the heck is this, I thought that when the program was compiled, it would run on anyones machine.

any ideas?

[lumin]

the computer needs the Visual Basic runtime files..
with other words you have to ship that with your program or get your users to download it.

Microsoft download site.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...eleaseID=12704


-Lumin

[Necromancer]

Do you mean that it needs to be compiled in the program?

[Necromancer]

OK, I went to that site and downloaded and installed the runtime files and it works great (on my machine), but how is this going to affect the users that I intend to send it to (potential employers) they certainly will not have visual basic on their machines. can these files be incorporated into the program itself?

[lumin]

nope.. thats why I sometimes hate VB bigtime..

you just have to ship the file with your program

but you could get the person who compiled it for you to make a setup so that the file would be installed on that computer. The person could use the setup prog that follows VB.


-Lumin

[timbudtwo]

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[Necromancer]

Hey Lumin,
your right that does suck. do you know how to do that?

and by the way, where are you from? I went to your web site (and couldn't read a word...........)

[lumin]

Hehehehe first of all im from Norway so you should have some dificulties to read it (im planning to make the site english but I haven't updated it for ages)

yes.. juts send me the project and i'll make a neat setup for you


-Lumin

[Necromancer]

I was close, I was thinking swedish, heh, heh. Should I send the already compiled one or the zip file that is not yet compiled.

Oh yeah - Thanks a million!

[lumin]

send me the not compiled one as the setup prog compiles the exe file.


-Lumin

[Necromancer]

I sent both already, figured I would let you pick which one you wanted, should be in your mailbox by now..... what time is it in Norway? It is 1:13 am here?

[lumin]

its 08:23 in the morning and i haven't sleept yet
and it looks like I have to wait untill tonight before im gona get some sleep.

P.S check your mail box.. there was a missing file.


-Lumin

[Necromancer]

Will do, do you know which one? Maybe I will rezip them and hopefully not miss one.......

[Necromancer]

Found it, it should be at your mailbox...........

[lumin]

Ok done making the setup

I will send you the setup and give me feedback if there is anything you would like to change.

you can check your email in about 2-3 min. if my mail server is in a good mood


-Lumin

[Necromancer]

looking forward to it, gonna go check my e-mail now.....

[lumin]

ok I hope you got the file
(if not check your e-mail)

Anyway I got to go offline now but just e-mail me with any changes and I'll upload a new version.


-Lumin

[Necromancer]

Are some install (setup) programs faster than others? When I e-mail this one, it takes about 8 to 10 minutes to send. Was hoping for something a bit faster, Not that I am complaining.....

[lumin]

the reason the setup is so big is because it has the driver files needed to run the program.

just msvbvm60.dll takes about 1.1 mb.
and there are about 3 more that is ranging from 20 kb. to 200 kb.

so to get a small install program you need small drivers, but I don't think that is going to happend in the near future Microsoft tends to get "bigger"


-Lumin

[Necromancer]

that's kewl then, I will just wait for you to finish, and be happy with the one you are using....