VB6 on Windows 7: It's Official 2

[dilettante]

Support Statement for Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7

The Visual Basic team is committed to “It Just Works” compatibility for Visual Basic 6.0 applications on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.

The Visual Basic team’s goal is that Visual Basic 6.0 applications that run on Windows XP will also run on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. The Visual Basic team is also committed to the Visual Basic 6.0 development environment running on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.

 

[vb5prgrmr]

Now all they need to do is to create a new PDW that has the options of creating manifests and such. BTW, still waiting like everyone else on the fix to the fix to the fix of those vunerabilities brought about by SP6. (rhyme not intended)

 

[dilettante]

I keep hearing that the "fix" to the December 2008 Update is near, but still no sign of something to test.

BTW it was not a vulnerability in SP6 components as such, these security holes were there for a LONG time. It is just that SP6 is the only thing even remotely "supported" for use anymore. They don't go back and issue fixes for ancient service packs.

 

[SBerthold]

Thank you dilettante

 

[vb5prgrmr]

While we are waiting on things...

does anybody remember this?

http://www.vb-helper.com/rant_waiting_for_vb7.html

 

[dilettante]

It has been quite the wait. Maybe nobody at Microsoft can write in unmanaged languages anymore.

 

[MakeItSo]

does anybody remember this?

http://www.vb-helper.com/rant_waiting_for_vb7.html

That was quite an entertaining read, thanks!


[navy]"We had to turn off that service to comply with the CDA Bill."[/navy]
- The Bastard Operator From Hell

 

[vb5prgrmr]

Not that I was getting into MS's seemingly new OOP design, it was just... YEAH! What happened to VB7???? Me, myself and I and our addled brain all remember hearing something about that but then dot hell hit the rumor mill and we, at the time just thought it was a rename but it seems it wasn't!

 

[dilettante]

I think the Sun lawsuit against VJ++ (Anders Hejlsberg's private Java) drove old Bill to senility. Then he let the bathless horde take over the whole company and they trashed VB in favor of their sanitized private Java now marketed as dotNet.

See The History of Borland Delphi.

 

[vb5prgrmr]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!​

Have you seen the prices on borlands new delphi.net suite?

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!​

 

[PeterWallace]

dillente

write in Unmanaged languages any more


Microsft People can WRITE ?