> Marc Sances wrote:
>> Does Windows 7 have VB6 Runtime? Or I have to include it with my apps? I
>> think I listened somewhere Windows 7 doesn't have it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marc.
>> http://mss.esp.st/
>
> Windows 7 does come with the VB6 runtime installed. Google tells me so.

>
> "Marc Sances" <marcsan***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:A12C8EC0-D607-45DF-9DDB-95008F94B2CD@microsoft.com...
> : But then, why I can't run my VB6 apps on Windows 7?
>
> You made no mention of that in your OP.  More information is needed, and
> please...BE SPECIFIC!  If you don't know how to be specific, read this:
> How
> to report bugs effectively.
>

>
>
> "Marc Sances" <marcsan***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1A0EB381-8ABF-4D3D-B399-FA1B4623219F@microsoft.com...
>> I see "MSCAL.OCX" not found or something like that.
>
> When dealing with errors and most problems, stating the problem is
> "something like that" usually isn't going to get you very much help.  Did
> not not understand when other people said to *be specific*?
>
> You should really avoid using that control. It's distributed with MS
> Office, and except for an old version downloadable from MS (assuming it
> can still be downloaded), it is NOT redistributable, with one other
> exception.  And that's if you have the Access Developers Toolkit OR the
> developer edition of MS Office (which I think ended with Office XP), the
> license for which allows for redistribution of mscal.ocx.  So, from a
> legal standpoint, users of your app would most likely need to have Office
> installed in order for your app to be able to use this control.
>
> You might want to take a look at this:
>
> OFFXPDEV: Cannot Redistribute Calendar Control Unless You Have a Microsoft
> Office Developer License
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329573
>
> Besides this, there are several other known issues with mscal.ocx that
> make it, shall we say questionable, to use in a VB app.
>
> For a date/time control, you should consider using either the
> DateTimePicker or the MonthView control, both part of Windows Common
> Controls-2. If for any reason you don't want to use either of these,
> there's a calendar control, including VB source code, on the VB6 CD. I
> can't recall exactly which CD or the path, but I do know it varies
> depending on whether you have Visual Basic or Visual Studio and which
> edition. So even if if I provided you the disc # and path, it'd only be
> "correct" if you had Visual Studio Enterprise since that's what I have.
> There are probably also freeware controls you can download if you search
> the internet for them.
>
> --
> Mike
>
>

"Tony Toews" <tto***@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:30:52 -0400, "MikeD" <nob***@nowhere.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>And
>>that's if you have the Access Developers Toolkit OR the developer edition
>>of
>>MS Office (which I think ended with Office XP), the license for which
>>allows
>>for redistribution of mscal.ocx.
>
> The A2003 version was called the VSTO or Visual Studio Tools for
> Office.

>
> But then, why I can't run my VB6 apps on Windows 7?
>
> "Jason Keats" <jke***@melbpcDeleteThis.org.au> ha escrit al
> missatge:Fwh0o.1027$Yv.***@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com...
> > Marc Sances wrote:
> >> Does Windows 7 have VB6 Runtime? Or I have to include it with my apps? I
> >> think I listened somewhere Windows 7 doesn't have it.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Marc.
> >> http://mss.esp.st/
> >
> > Windows 7 does come with the VB6 runtime installed. Google tells me so.