How do I make my application work on all computers?

May 9, 2006 9:06 PM

How can I bundle OCXs, DLLs, and other required files with my Visual Basic application?

VB6 - I'm done with writing my big Tuition and Billing program, and I've been testing it out on several machines, in several locations. On some, it won't work, and a runtime error is thrown that says it can't find a particular DLL or OCX or reference. Is there a compile option I can use to include these files, or some way to make my installer install them (I use the Nullsoft NSIS installer)? Anything else I should be aware of as far as including runtimes or anything else I need?

Thanks!

posted by fvox13 to computers & internet (4 comments total)

Microsoft has a vb6 runtime package
posted by b1tr0t at 9:39 PM on May 9, 2006

Thanks b1r0t... I knew that this package existed, but I wasn't sure if it was going to work. I need ADO, DAO, and flexgrid dependencies. I'll give it a try.
posted by fvox13 at 10:01 PM on May 9, 2006

Back in the day when I programmed in VB6, there were programs around that could take all the dependencies and bundle them into one big exe for you (it self-extracted at runtime). No idea where you'd find one now, though.
posted by reklaw at 7:55 AM on May 10, 2006

Try Thinstall. You could also try something like this (ie. store dlls in .res files, compile them in, extract them at runtime).
posted by reklaw at 11:28 AM on May 10, 2006