VB Forum / Deployment / November 2004

I want to protect the VB6 application I'm developing so that the user has to
insert a 25 character key code to enable the application. I want to key code
to be generated from the users details. I.E. Username, Company, Email Address
and HD Serial Number

I have created a setup project for a VB.NET Windows Application.  I'd
like the msi file to additionally install two VB6 COM components when
the msi is executed.  Is this possible using custom actions (or
another means)?  If I can't do it, I'll just install all three (2 COM

I built a simple programme using Visual Basic .NET and debugged it. It
worked so I clicked the Build Option and it said Build Successful! So I went
to the saved-to directory and found my .EXE application. I put the .EXE file
on a floppy and tried on several other computer OS ...

We have a new application (developed on VB6) deployed accross different
Winodws Platforms.
We got a complaint from some of our customer from Sweden that when they open
and closes the appliation it changes the date format of the system ( to the

I have create a setup using P & D wizard and installed on w2k and Win-Xp-SP2 machine.
It is installed on W2K machine successfully, but on xp machine it hangs up at the time of installation.
FYI, I am not using any database component, however it is db application and using crystal ...

I understand VB6 can simulate some OOP properties. I'd like to know how to do
this, or where can I get some information (sites, books) about this topic