Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 7

[dothackjhe]

Is there a version of Visual Basic 6.0 that actually works with Windows 7 without having the need to use Windows XP Mode? The ones I downloaded off the internet had trouble installing in Windows 7 but runs just fine on Windows XP. It's VB6.0 Enterprise that I tried to use by the way. .

 

[MilesAhead]

I got this on search. Have no idea if it's reliable:

Install VB6 on Windows 7

 

[Golden]

Thanks Miles - been wondering if that would work....I'll give it a go and report back.

 

[StalkeR]

Nice link,but I think that it should work with only changing the compatibility to Windows XP SP3.

 

[MilesAhead]

Nice link,but I think that it should work with only changing the compatibility to Windows XP SP3.

Isn't that cheating?

 

[dothackjhe]

I got this on search. Have no idea if it's reliable:

Install VB6 on Windows 7

I'll see if this works when the desktop got fixed. .

 

[karlsnooks]

for a good learning level basic, try:

Microsoft Small Basic

from microsoft.

 

[dothackjhe]

for a good learning level basic, try:

Microsoft Small Basic

from microsoft.

I might try this one sometime. .

 

[Golden]

Nice link Karl.

 

[MilesAhead]

As long as we are suggesting versions of basic, FreeBASIC is interesting in that it uses gas and/or gcc to produce very small stand-alone exe programs for Win32. It doesn't have the advanced RAD form designer of VB but it has header files similar to C for calling WinAPI routines. Also has headers for vb and other Basic flavor compatibility. For small command line utilities it's killer. As example my utility to set the work area of the desktop, Adjust Work Area, is a command line FB exe that's only 81 KB with version info and custom icon in the .exe.

Here's a download link to FreeBASIC releases:
http://www.freebasic.net/index.php/download

You can make dialog based apps also using a resource editor. There are a few 3rd party add-ons for dialog design but they're not on the same level as VB or Delphi.

Still, it can be done. There are also gtk based tools for cross platform gui Linux/Windows.

edit: Just found this form designer for FreeBASIC
Firefly3

It's very close to Delphi or VB form designer. Makes creating form based Win32 stand alone programs a snap!!

Here's one I just knocked off to test it out:

 

[dothackjhe]

I appreciate the creativity and sarcasm, but then again, it's VB6.0 I'm really interested at the moment. Sucks to be in a third world country. But still, I'm thankful to the gifts that I have.

 

[KremmenUK]

I have VB6 SP6 working fully on Win7 32 Bit (no XP Mode)

The only change you need to make is to the compatibility mode. Can't remember which one exactly as I'm not where the PC is but it was a small issue with dragging the windows about in IDE mode.

The only other issue is not to use the 'Forms2' component (Microsoft Office forms) as they don't work under Win7.

 

[dothackjhe]

I have VB6 SP6 working fully on Win7 32 Bit (no XP Mode)

The only change you need to make is to the compatibility mode. Can't remember which one exactly as I'm not where the PC is but it was a small issue with dragging the windows about in IDE mode.

The only other issue is not to use the 'Forms2' component (Microsoft Office forms) as they don't work under Win7.

I guess VB6.0 is not fully compatible with Windows 7 to really begin with, and running the language in Windows XP Mode is still better than in Windows 7 environment.

 

[KremmenUK]

Depends on what you want to do.

If you need VB6 and you want Win7 then it does work with some minor tweaking.

As far as the final exe's are concerned, they run just fine.

I'm now multi tasking and using VB2010 as well.

 

[MilesAhead]

If you have a copy of XP it's not all that hard to put it on another partition. You get a real environment rather than virtual. I did it with VC++ 6. Those tools take up little space compared to the new versions. You can easily carve off 125 GB or so. Plus when you muck about with your programming it's a lot less likely to produce side-effects on your main OS.