VB Forum / Deployment / October 2003

I use InstallShield to install my VB apps and I want to
use the built-in serial number routine in InstallShield.  
When it gets to the point that it calls the function in my
DLL to get a return value on the serial number entered by

Folks:
I have a couple of quick questions:
*  I was wondering if VB6 can be used to design and develop Custom IE
Toolbars

I have created a setup of my program and installed it on
another computer. It installs and runs fine on my
computer, but when installed and tried to run on the other
computer it comes up with the error messaege: Application

I've compiled a VB6 application package on a Win2K machine.  When I try to
install the program (using the Setup.EXE provided by the PDP wizard) on a
WinXP(SP1) machine I get an immediate error that seems to relate to the
Setup Bootstrap for VB Setup Toolkit (the header on the error ...

After successfully installing my VB application on test system, when i
run the application I get the following error:
"Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed."
Setup of application : VB6.0 (ADODC) Oracle DB, Win XP

I have a program using VB 6 and Access 2000. One user has
problem to install on any of her computers. She has Win
98, ME and Xp.
I use PDW to create the installation package(developer's

I have a VB6 app that uses a Access database. The app
worked fine on serveral PCs running NT200 during testing.
Now it will blow the app while trying to update the
database. The error is "Updateable Query needed". I

Hi all
Please let me know how to declare a function or a sub
procedure with optional parameters in VB.
Thanks in advance

I got no reply from my Oct 7th message, except for a dozen
or so email worms and trojans.  I'd really like some help
on how to debug a deployment package.  My exe works fine
on development computer.  Using package wizard, cd created

I create a package using wizard and  .exe file
all is good. during istallation using setup i get error
$(dll selfregisterEx ) could not be registered because it
was not found ?

I have a VB.Net program developed on Windows XP machine.  
It runs fine on the development machine after it has been
deployed.  It must run on a Windows 98 machine.  I have
installed the .Net Framework redistributable file on the

I'm working on a VB6 application on NT with 15 forms.  
When I run the exe and exit it, [the window closes,
but ...] the process continues to run chewing up memory or
else giving Dr Watson error.

I have developed a Windows application in VB .NET and wish to deploy it from
a CD using a typical install program.  I have created a deployment project
in VS .NET, and all works as expected, except for one thing.
The requirement is that I need to record the folder selected by the ...

I've just started using VSI which is a large improvement over Package and
deployment wizard.  However I get messages, in the task list, that several
MSM files have a different version that those installed on my machine.
My question are:

I am using visual studio .Net 2003 professional edition  and have a setup
project and I am wondering what the simplest way is to get windows installer
to ask the user to restart the computer at the end of
installation.  Our application really requires windows to be restarted