Visual Basic/VB, VB6 on Vista vs DirectX

VB6 on Vista vs DirectX

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Lori #1 / 6	VB6 on Vista vs DirectX Has MS provided a solution to DirectX on Vista? I would like to use some of the features, especially the sound effects, that I have in my VB6 app running on XP. All I have seen is that DirectX does not work on Vista and is not supported. So how does one do that in a distributable VB6 app?
Sat, 12 May 2012 23:37:17 GMT

Jim Mac #2 / 6	VB6 on Vista vs DirectX Quote: > Has MS provided a solution to DirectX on Vista? > I would like to use some of the features, especially the sound > effects, that I have in my VB6 app running on XP. > All I have seen is that DirectX does not work on Vista and is not > supported. So how does one do that in a distributable VB6 app? I haven't had to deal with this directly, but my understanding is that DirectX is not disabled, it's just not accelerated in the graphics hardware. IOW it still works, but it's slow. Perhaps a graphics expert will jump in with details. -- Jim Mack Twisted tees at http://www.cafepress.com/2050inc "We sew confusion"
Sat, 12 May 2012 23:43:59 GMT

Dee Earle #3 / 6	VB6 on Vista vs DirectX Quote: > Has MS provided a solution to DirectX on Vista? > I would like to use some of the features, especially the sound effects, > that I have in my VB6 app running on XP. > All I have seen is that DirectX does not work on Vista and is not > supported. > So how does one do that in a distributable VB6 app? Microsoft VERY RARELY drop support for a library, especially if it is very heavily used. If your app uses DX8, then it will still work on Vista and newer. DX9 and 10 were XP and Vista specif and not back portable, but they still all support the DX8 interfaces. -- i-Catcher Development Team iCode Systems
Sun, 13 May 2012 00:17:15 GMT

Lori #4 / 6	VB6 on Vista vs DirectX OK, my problem explaining. I am talking about development of a VB6 app on Vista and Win7. dx8vb.dll (or later) is not there after a directx install on Vista. dx8vb is needed for development. Not sure where this .dll comes from. Maybe nothing is distributed related to the .dll but what has been the method of doing development? Or should I just skip Vista and XP for development and hope for the best on Vista? Quote: > Has MS provided a solution to DirectX on Vista? > I would like to use some of the features, especially the sound effects, > that I have in my VB6 app running on XP. > All I have seen is that DirectX does not work on Vista and is not > supported. > So how does one do that in a distributable VB6 app?
Sun, 13 May 2012 01:20:29 GMT

Dee Earle #5 / 6	VB6 on Vista vs DirectX Quote: > OK, my problem explaining. > I am talking about development of a VB6 app on Vista and Win7. > dx8vb.dll (or later) is not there after a directx install on Vista. > dx8vb is needed for development. Not sure where this .dll comes from. > Maybe nothing is distributed related to the .dll but what has been the > method of doing development? > Or should I just skip Vista and XP for development and hope for the best > on Vista? That;s a good reason to explain the problem properly first time :) dx8vb.dll is redistributable but only comes preinstalled on Windows XP and Server 2003. http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/?dlltype=file&l=55&alpha=dx8vb.d... It can be installed on any OS that supports DX8 (or newer) -- i-Catcher Development Team iCode Systems
Sun, 13 May 2012 01:37:00 GMT

Bob Riemersm #6 / 6	VB6 on Vista vs DirectX Quote: >> OK, my problem explaining. >> I am talking about development of a VB6 app on Vista and Win7. >> dx8vb.dll (or later) is not there after a directx install on Vista. >> dx8vb is needed for development. Not sure where this .dll comes from. >> Maybe nothing is distributed related to the .dll but what has been the >> method of doing development? >> Or should I just skip Vista and XP for development and hope for the best >> on Vista? > That;s a good reason to explain the problem properly first time :) > dx8vb.dll is redistributable but only comes preinstalled on Windows XP and > Server 2003. > http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/?dlltype=file&l=55&alpha=dx8vb.d... > It can be installed on any OS that supports DX8 (or newer) > -- > i-Catcher Development Team > iCode Systems This thread: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/gametechnologiesgeneral... ... suggests that it is NOT redistributable and Microsoft considers this an unsupported configuration. Do you have anything newer that suggests otherwise?
Sun, 13 May 2012 07:05:35 GMT

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