VB6 installation question

I'm installing VB6 om my machine and during setup, it requires me to upgrade the Microsofts Virtual Machine for Java. What I have noticed is that he installs version 4.1, wich came with MSIE 4.1. Right now, I'm using IE5.0, so it seems to me that my VM does not need an upgrade. Is there a way so that i can omit the installation of the VM. When i uncheck the checkbox, I cannot continue the installation because the 'next' button is disabled. Does anybody know if this affect my browser?

I'm running NT4 SP2, but also need to run it on WIN95/98

Tom Cannaerts
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The best way to escape a problem, is to solve it.

Another thing I want to know (just got in my mind) if there are any problems installing vb6 on a machine wich has vb5 installed. Thanx

Tom Cannaerts
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The best way to escape a problem, is to solve it.

Just one big problem - it doesn't work !

Some people claim to have had success installing VB6 and VB5 on the same machine - whereas I lost a days work after reinstalling my whole NT box after trying it out. Even Microsoft admitted that you shouldn't try and install them on the same machine.

Unless you -

1. Feel very lucky

or

2. Don't mind re-installing everything (and I mean everything), don't do it


Chris Eastwood

CodeGuru - the website for developers
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Well, usually, installation programs will not overwrite any files that are newer thatn the ones it's trying to install, so if you go ahead with the installation of JVM 4, it "shouldn't" overwrite your version 5. If it does, then well, just re-install IE. But, if you plan on using VB to do web classes or DHTML page development along with IE5, it is STRONGLY recommended that you apply Visual Studio service pack 3.

The same info applies for Win 9x.

BTW - you really should try to up to at least SP3 for NT 4. Just FYI , NT4 SP6 has been released.

Good luck,
John

John Pirkey
MCSD
www.ShallowWaterSystems.com

There are several knowledge base articles explaining some of the problems that can occur with this. They are kind of silly. ie. If you install VB6 and then VB5 -the Visual data manager won't work properly. If you install VB5 and then VB6 the VDM will work, but then the class builder utility might not. Things of that nature.

Basically, if you can avoid it, don't have both versions on the box. Another problem that arrises is that you have multiple versions of the same controls. Listview control, tree view control - etc. When using those, you will have to specify which version you are coding for : MSCOMCTL.ListView or COMCTL32.ListView, etc.

You can get them to work together, but it might not be easy.

Hope this helps,
John

John Pirkey
MCSD
www.ShallowWaterSystems.com