ref unregistering old tlb files
Does anyone know of a simple app that i can use to unregister obsolete tlb files. I had to delete from registry but dont want to do that if there is a better way tks
View ArticleUsing a variable's content ... undercover !
Hi Everybody! This one is a bit hard for me to describe, especially in English, so I think I'd better resort to an example. Suppose you have a string variable, whose content may vary from time to time,...
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How to Install VB6 on Windows 11
Surprisingly, getting VB6 running on Windows 11 is much easier than many people think. Here's a quick and reliable method that works for me: 1) Run SETUP.EXE as normal 2) Do NOT un-tick "Install...
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So we have a database software that uses SQL database. I created an app that would read and copy tables to MSAccess MDB for local off line use , in case the server goes down and we need access to a...
View Article[RESOLVED] - uppercase / lower case button letters
ok, so on a form i have 25 buttons.. each containing an alphabet letter.. a keyboard basically.. Alphabet(0) - Alphabet(25) they each have a lower case letter.. but with the the 26th button, i want to...
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[RESOLVED] Problem Installing VB6 on Windows 10
Having issues installing VB6 on Windows 10. Followed the post by Elroy step by step but things still failed, see pictures below for more info. IDE still runs but starts with an error: "Automation error...
View ArticleVB6 Question: Is there a tool that can graphically map a VB6 project program...
I have a program that I'd like to document and I already have a couple of tools that summarise each function/sub &c - but I'm looking for more. I was hoping that someone here has experience of a...
View ArticleEctract the date from variabile string
CONCORSO="giovedì 15 Maggio 2025" I Need to ectract the date from this car and set It dd/mm/yyyy in new var mydate as date. Note: The days are dinamic Example: Lunedì Martedì Mercoledì ... Domenica
View ArticleVB6/VBA now officially awesome
Good news: the awesome-vba project which includes a lot of VB6 librairies has been accepted in the Official Awesome List: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome (361k stars) The PR had been dormant...
View ArticleOld VB6 exe stopped working in W10
hello, I have an VB6 standalone exe which I used to calculated circuit values for active filters. It was written in VB6 back in Windows 98 days. I don't currently have a W89 machine or a VB development...
View ArticleVB6 app, Pegasus, unable to compile - getting desperate, need help!
My employer has thrown a VB6 app at me and told me to fix it. Backstory: The reason its broken, Microsoft's 24h2 Win11 update depreciated a feature called WINLOGIN. Which allowed automatic logins on...
View Article[RESOLVED] Validating Data Against Input Mask (without Masked Edit Control)
Hi, Importing data from a third-party system. Some of this data must meet a specific input format in order to be acceptable for import to our system. In our system, when manually entering data, a...
View ArticleVB6 Administrative Access & Windows 10
Have a bunch of batch files used to rebuild all of my VB code, compile, copy, register etc. One top level file does it all invoking other generic bat files along the way. Things need to be run as...
View ArticleVB6 Question: Has anyone come across a delay/problem when writing a registry...
I have just fixed a problem with my program where it was modifying a registry key used by explorer to determine the configuration of the taskbar. The registry entry is read as a byte array, one value...
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