What is wrong with vb6 app under Vista?

Ivan Abramov · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 28

Hello.

I have vb6 app and deploy it by meanse of Installer 1.1.
I found out that my app doesn't work under any Vista except Ultimate.
With Ultimate it's ok. But when I install MS Office 2007 it becoms
unworkable too.

The error is
Component 'comdlg32.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly
registered: a file is missing or invalid

What is wrong with the comdlg32.ocx file and may I redistribute it?

Thanks in advance.

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Richard Mueller [MVP] · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 49

Ivan Abramov wrote:

>
> I have vb6 app and deploy it by meanse of Installer 1.1.
> I found out that my app doesn't work under any Vista except Ultimate.
> With Ultimate it's ok. But when I install MS Office 2007 it becoms
> unworkable too.
>
> The error is
> Component 'comdlg32.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly
> registered: a file is missing or invalid
>
> What is wrong with the comdlg32.ocx file and may I redistribute it?

The setup program must recognize the dependency on comdlg32.ocx and deploy
it if necessary. Not all computers will have it. Also, setup programs that
worked on other OS's need to be updated to take account of UAC and run with
elevated privileges. Just because the person running the setup is logged in
as administrator no longer matters.

I use InstallShield and all of my setup programs failed on Vista until I
upgraded to the latest version of InstallShield which is Vista aware.

--
Richard Mueller
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
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Ivan Abramov · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 28

Richard, great thanks.

I use Windows Installer 1.1 that works fine with VB6 apps and creates
MSI-file needed by me.
Would you recommend me to turn into InstallShield with Vista aware?
Or there are something could be done with Windows Installer 1.1?

Richard Mueller [MVP] · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 49

"Ivan Abramov" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> Richard, great thanks.
>
> I use Windows Installer 1.1 that works fine with VB6 apps and creates
> MSI-file needed by me.
> Would you recommend me to turn into InstallShield with Vista aware?
> Or there are something could be done with Windows Installer 1.1?
>

Windows Installer 1.1 seems to be for Windows 95/98 only, so I'm sure it is
not Vista or UAC aware. It cannot be used for XP or Windows 2000, much less
Vista. Windows Installer 2.0 supports NT and 2000. Windows Installer 3.1
supports 2000, 2003, and XP. It looks like Windows Installer 4.0 (and 4.1)
support Vista and Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn). This link may help:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372866.aspx

InstallShield is not cheap (and I don't find it easy to use either). I had
to upgrade to version 12 to support Vista.

--
Richard Mueller
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
--

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