Program works in design mode but not after compilation, Any ideas?

[Danny]

VB6 windows XP home

I run a small app that has no forms in it, only a few BAS modules.

It's function is to open a text file and load a few pieces of data
into memory and then periodically update that same text file. When the
data in the text file reaches certain parameters it is to close the
modem connection.

This program works perfectly while in design mode in the VB6
environment but when I compile it to an EXE file and run it it does
nothing. I check the text file and it never gets updated.

Any Ideas?

Danny

[Kiteman - Canada]

A quick thing to try would be to add a form and make the Visibile property
to FALSE and then compile and run.... see what that does for you.

Tom

"Danny" <xa*******@aol.com> wrote in message
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VB6 windows XP home

I run a small app that has no forms in it, only a few BAS modules.

It's function is to open a text file and load a few pieces of data
into memory and then periodically update that same text file. When the
data in the text file reaches certain parameters it is to close the
modem connection.

This program works perfectly while in design mode in the VB6
environment but when I compile it to an EXE file and run it it does
nothing. I check the text file and it never gets updated.

Any Ideas?

Danny

[John Simpson]

"Danny" <xa*******@aol.com> wrote in message
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VB6 windows XP home

I run a small app that has no forms in it, only a few BAS modules.

It's function is to open a text file and load a few pieces of data
into memory and then periodically update that same text file. When the
data in the text file reaches certain parameters it is to close the
modem connection.

This program works perfectly while in design mode in the VB6
environment but when I compile it to an EXE file and run it it does
nothing. I check the text file and it never gets updated.

Any Ideas?

Danny

Danny,

Are you running the .exe from the VB folder? If not, you may have a path
problem.
Also, always set your project up to compile in PCode, not native. I've seen
problems such as you describe when compiling in native code.

John

[J French]

On 28 Jan 2004 05:40:44 -0800, xa*******@aol.com (Danny) wrote:

VB6 windows XP home

I run a small app that has no forms in it, only a few BAS modules.

It's function is to open a text file and load a few pieces of data
into memory and then periodically update that same text file. When the
data in the text file reaches certain parameters it is to close the
modem connection.

This program works perfectly while in design mode in the VB6
environment but when I compile it to an EXE file and run it it does
nothing. I check the text file and it never gets updated.

In the IDE the default directory is not necessarily App.Path

The trick is to do : ChDir App.Path
as the first thing in the program

You also need to check that files exist ...