I'm running VB2003 on a new Dell Laptop where Dell in its infinite wisdom put
on Norton Internet Security. UGH! Maybe I should have paid business rather
than home prices:-)
At any rate with Internet Security turned on, when I debug my console
application, VB 2003 hangs and the program never gets to the first line.
When I run the program stand alone - Norton says that the program is
attempting to connect to a DNS server. SAY WHAT? There is no internet usage
in the program. It does use Excel. Interestingly, if I'm patient and don't
click ok on the Norton dialog, the program goes to completion normally!!!
So I write a Hello World Console application. It works. I add a reference to
Excel 11 and Dim xl as new Excel.Application. THAT gives the norton warning.
So clearly the culprit is an overly user friendly Excel. (Silly me thinking I
could use Excel and not get into trouble. I already have problems killing it
off at the end of the program. Now this. Makes me look at XML more and more.)
The program has no business looking for a DNS server (at least not in the
code written so far:-) Suggestions - besides tossing Norton in the bit bucket
- would be appreciated.
Regards,
Al Christoph
Senior Consultant and Proprietor
Three Bears Software, LLC
just right software @ just right prices @3bears.biz
