Visual Basic, simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt

simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt

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Orinoc #1 / 8	simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt A colleague of mine recently developed a small app for one of our customers which simply ftp's a file from a given directory on the same machine to a given directory on a remote machine. It works beautifully in win 98, but won't work on an NT machine unless you first install VB6 itself. It doesn't work just with the VB6 runtimes, but it works fine when the actual full development environment is installed. If you uninstall VB6 again, it stops working. Does anyone have any idea how I can get this to work? Compiling on an NT machine also doesn't help. It still fails on a machine that doesn't have VB6 installed. -- Adam Short Expand your vocabulary: FROSSES (pl.n.) The lecherous looks exchanged between six{filter}-year-olds at a party given by someone's parents.
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:21:02 GMT

Rosci #2 / 8	simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt Quote: > Does anyone have any idea how I can get this to work? Compiling on an NT > machine also doesn't help. It still fails on a machine that doesn't have > VB6 installed. You must create a "software package", which includes ALL the components needed to run your application in another computer. -- Er Roscio.
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:55:48 GMT

Orinoc #3 / 8	simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt Roscio's bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shield of steel Quote: >> Does anyone have any idea how I can get this to work? Compiling on an NT >> machine also doesn't help. It still fails on a machine that doesn't have >> VB6 installed. > You must create a "software package", which includes > ALL the components needed to run your application in > another computer. I've done this, sorry I thought that would be self-explanatory. When I say the program doesn't work, I mean even with the complete package installed, everything that should be there (according to the P&D wizard and to every dependency checker I've found) is there. I can install it on a brand new install of win98 and it will work. If I install it on NT, regardless of what I put on with it, it won't. -- Adam Short Expand your vocabulary: FROSSES (pl.n.) The lecherous looks exchanged between six{filter}-year-olds at a party given by someone's parents.
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:58:47 GMT

Timo Jokine #4 / 8	simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt Quote: > Roscio's bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shield of steel > >> Does anyone have any idea how I can get this to work? Compiling on an NT > >> machine also doesn't help. It still fails on a machine that doesn't have > >> VB6 installed. > > You must create a "software package", which includes > > ALL the components needed to run your application in > > another computer. > I've done this, sorry I thought that would be self-explanatory. When I say > the program doesn't work, I mean even with the complete package installed, > everything that should be there (according to the P&D wizard and to every > dependency checker I've found) is there. I can install it on a brand new > install of win98 and it will work. If I install it on NT, regardless of > what I put on with it, it won't. NT family (NT, Win2k, XP) doesn't accept straight reading/writing access to communication port. In VB u can use ex. MsComm -control to access hardware port. -- o?o? Timppa
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:36:56 GMT

Orinoc #5 / 8	simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt Timo Jokinen's bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shield of steel Quote: >> I've done this, sorry I thought that would be self-explanatory. When I >> say the program doesn't work, I mean even with the complete package >> installed, everything that should be there (according to the P&D >> wizard and to every dependency checker I've found) is there. I can >> install it on a brand new install of win98 and it will work. If I >> install it on NT, regardless of what I put on with it, it won't. > NT family (NT, Win2k, XP) doesn't accept straight reading/writing > access to communication port. > In VB u can use ex. MsComm -control to access hardware port. Thanks, but how come it works fine when VB6 is installed and not otherwise? -- Adam Short Expand your vocabulary: FROSSES (pl.n.) The lecherous looks exchanged between six{filter}-year-olds at a party given by someone's parents.
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:55:40 GMT

Orinoc #6 / 8	simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt Orinoco's bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shield of steel Quote: > Timo Jokinen's bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shield of > steel >>> I've done this, sorry I thought that would be self-explanatory. When >>> I say the program doesn't work, I mean even with the complete package >>> installed, everything that should be there (according to the P&D >>> wizard and to every dependency checker I've found) is there. I can >>> install it on a brand new install of win98 and it will work. If I >>> install it on NT, regardless of what I put on with it, it won't. >> NT family (NT, Win2k, XP) doesn't accept straight reading/writing >> access to communication port. >> In VB u can use ex. MsComm -control to access hardware port. > Thanks, but how come it works fine when VB6 is installed and not > otherwise? Ok, this problem is now officially solved. I ditched VB, rewrote the entire thing in Tcl in less than two hours and it worked flawlessly, regardless of the platform, first time. I think my VB cds may be going in the bin. -- Adam Short Expand your vocabulary: IPSWICH (n.) The sound at the other end of the telephone which tells you that the automatic exchange is working very hard but is intending not actually to connect you this time, merely to let you know how difficult it is.
Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:03:56 GMT

Joe #7 / 8	simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt Quote: > A colleague of mine recently developed a small app for one of our customers > which simply ftp's a file from a given directory on the same machine to a > given directory on a remote machine. It works beautifully in win 98, but > won't work on an NT machine unless you first install VB6 itself. It doesn't > work just with the VB6 runtimes, but it works fine when the actual full > development environment is installed. If you uninstall VB6 again, it stops > working. > Does anyone have any idea how I can get this to work? Compiling on an NT > machine also doesn't help. It still fails on a machine that doesn't have > VB6 installed. When the app compiles, maybe it's "bound" to an OS-specific component. Did it reference the FileSystemAbomination or SCRRUN.DLL in any way? -- Joe Foster <mailto:jlfoster%40znet.com> On the cans? <http://www.xenu.net/> WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above They're coming to because my cats have apparently learned to type. take me away, ha ha!
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:46:10 GMT

Orinoc #8 / 8	simple ftp app developed on win98 won't work on win nt Joe "Nuke Me Xemu" Foster's bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shield of steel Quote: >> A colleague of mine recently developed a small app for one of our >> customers which simply ftp's a file from a given directory on the same >> machine to a given directory on a remote machine. It works beautifully >> in win 98, but won't work on an NT machine unless you first install >> VB6 itself. It doesn't work just with the VB6 runtimes, but it works >> fine when the actual full development environment is installed. If you >> uninstall VB6 again, it stops working. >> Does anyone have any idea how I can get this to work? Compiling on an >> NT machine also doesn't help. It still fails on a machine that doesn't >> have VB6 installed. > When the app compiles, maybe it's "bound" to an OS-specific component. > Did it reference the FileSystemAbomination or SCRRUN.DLL in any way? No, and thanks for the tip, but I've solved the problem another way. I decided all the messing about resolving dependency issues in VB wasn't worth it and rewrote it in Tcl. No dependencies, took me less than two hours to write and it can be used on just about any platform. -- Adam Short Expand your vocabulary: SHANKLIN (n.) The hoop of skin around a single slice of salami.
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:56:47 GMT

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