Visual basic runtime libraries

[Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer]

I have some internet chat programs that were written in visual
basic and will run on the school's NT machines but won't run
on my win95b box.

Will installing VB runtime libraries on the 95 box help? If
so, which version of the libraries works best with win95b
(essentially 98)?

I know next to nothing about VB other than it is a programming
language. What purpose(s) if any will the runtime libraries
serve on this older machine?

Thanks for any useful info.
Regular newserver is down for the moment.

[Elef]

The answer is MAYBE. If no vb program is able to run on the 95 machine,
installing runtimes may solve the problem. Otherwise, the problem is that
winnt has features that win95 hasn' so if the program is designed to use
them you will never get it to work on win95.
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I have some internet chat programs that were written in visual
basic and will run on the school's NT machines but won't run
on my win95b box.

Will installing VB runtime libraries on the 95 box help? If
so, which version of the libraries works best with win95b
(essentially 98)?

I know next to nothing about VB other than it is a programming
language. What purpose(s) if any will the runtime libraries
serve on this older machine?

Thanks for any useful info.
Regular newserver is down for the moment.

[Dikkie Dik]

Every vb6 executable needs MSVBVM60.DLL, but it could be that your
specific VB program also uses other libraries that are not installed.
You can test it by putting the DLL in the same directory and see if it
runs. If it's written in VB5, the DLL is called MSVBVM50.DLL. If you
don't have the DLLs, do a websearch for them. They are quite large.

Good luck!

Elef schreef:

The answer is MAYBE. If no vb program is able to run on the 95 machine,
installing runtimes may solve the problem. Otherwise, the problem is that
winnt has features that win95 hasn' so if the program is designed to use
them you will never get it to work on win95.
Marco
"Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer" <no****@cypherpunks.to> ha
scritto nel messaggio news:20***********************@mail.cypherpunks.to ...

I have some internet chat programs that were written in visual
basic and will run on the school's NT machines but won't run
on my win95b box.

Will installing VB runtime libraries on the 95 box help? If
so, which version of the libraries works best with win95b
(essentially 98)?

I know next to nothing about VB other than it is a programming
language. What purpose(s) if any will the runtime libraries
serve on this older machine?

Thanks for any useful info.
Regular newserver is down for the moment.