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[FenixRising]

Can you write and compile VB6 applications with Visual Studio 2012? Else, what do you use? New to VB.

Thanks

[DataMiser]

No you can not.

to write and compile VB6 applications you need VB6 i.e. Visual Basic 6.0 [sold as a stand alone product and/also included with Visual Studio 6.0] which was released by MS in 1998. There are still a few copies floating around but getting harder to find now.

Visual Studio 2012 lets you write and compile VB2012 apps

[FenixRising]

I have Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 and tried to install it. It contains VB6. But, when I try to install it, it says incompatible program. I have WIN 8. Any ideas?

[DataMiser]

I have not tried VS6 under Win8 I did try it under Win7 and had install issues so I moved to the stand alone VB6 install which worked. Under Win8 I was able to install VB6 using the VB6 Enterprise Edition CD but it was a bit tricky to do.

Here is a thread I started on the subject a while back
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...-and-Windows-8

Here is a link to a user created installer that claims to work
http://nuke.vbcorner.net/Articles/VB...T/Default.aspx

[FenixRising]

Thanks a lot for the info.

B.