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  • Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer
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    Visual basic runtime libraries

    I have some internet chat programs that were written in visual
    basic and will run on the school's NT machines but won't run
    on my win95b box.

    Will installing VB runtime libraries on the 95 box help? If
    so, which version of the libraries works best with win95b
    (essentially 98)?

    I know next to nothing about VB other than it is a programming
    language. What purpose(s) if any will the runtime libraries
    serve on this older machine?

    Thanks for any useful info.
    Regular newserver is down for the moment.
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    • Elef
      #2
      Re: Visual basic runtime libraries

      The answer is MAYBE. If no vb program is able to run on the 95 machine,
      installing runtimes may solve the problem. Otherwise, the problem is that
      winnt has features that win95 hasn' so if the program is designed to use
      them you will never get it to work on win95.
      Marco
      "Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer" <nobody@cypherp unks.to> ha
      scritto nel messaggio news:2005022101 1342.46B23170C6 @mail.cypherpun ks.to...[color=blue]
      >I have some internet chat programs that were written in visual
      > basic and will run on the school's NT machines but won't run
      > on my win95b box.
      >
      > Will installing VB runtime libraries on the 95 box help? If
      > so, which version of the libraries works best with win95b
      > (essentially 98)?
      >
      > I know next to nothing about VB other than it is a programming
      > language. What purpose(s) if any will the runtime libraries
      > serve on this older machine?
      >
      > Thanks for any useful info.
      > Regular newserver is down for the moment.[/color]


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        • Dikkie Dik
          #3
          Re: Visual basic runtime libraries

          Every vb6 executable needs MSVBVM60.DLL, but it could be that your
          specific VB program also uses other libraries that are not installed.
          You can test it by putting the DLL in the same directory and see if it
          runs. If it's written in VB5, the DLL is called MSVBVM50.DLL. If you
          don't have the DLLs, do a websearch for them. They are quite large.

          Good luck!

          Elef schreef:[color=blue]
          > The answer is MAYBE. If no vb program is able to run on the 95 machine,
          > installing runtimes may solve the problem. Otherwise, the problem is that
          > winnt has features that win95 hasn' so if the program is designed to use
          > them you will never get it to work on win95.
          > Marco
          > "Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer" <nobody@cypherp unks.to> ha
          > scritto nel messaggio news:2005022101 1342.46B23170C6 @mail.cypherpun ks.to...
          >[color=green]
          >>I have some internet chat programs that were written in visual
          >>basic and will run on the school's NT machines but won't run
          >>on my win95b box.
          >>
          >>Will installing VB runtime libraries on the 95 box help? If
          >>so, which version of the libraries works best with win95b
          >>(essentiall y 98)?
          >>
          >>I know next to nothing about VB other than it is a programming
          >>language. What purpose(s) if any will the runtime libraries
          >>serve on this older machine?
          >>
          >>Thanks for any useful info.
          >>Regular newserver is down for the moment.[/color]
          >
          >
          >[/color]

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