"Giacomo" <anonymous@msnewsgroups.com> wrote in message
news:u5sBE5q$DHA.3828@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Maybe I am asking the wrong question.
>
> Is it necessary to create a setup project for a program? I have
everything
> referenced as late bound and I pre-install objects like SQL Server and IE
> Browser so that the SQL DMO and Scripting Runtime are already on the
> machine. I don't use any other objects. But I did use the VB6 upgrade.
>
> Compiled object works on a machine with .NET installed. It doesn't on any
> other machine.
>
> Is is a wrong assumption to think that a compiled .NET program works on
any
> machine that has the Framework installed?
>
>
> "Giacomo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:93FA11E6-88AA-4FA0-9C8D-48FB00423026@microsoft.com...
> > I'm going under the assumption that the distribution of VB .NET programs
> does not require COM objects to be installed. And if for some reason it
> does, if those COM objects have been previously installed under VB6 on the
> target machine, there should be no further modification. This particular
> application upgrades a VB6 app which uses the scripting runtime and the
SQL
> OLE installed by MSDE. Both of these objects should be available.
> Additionally I use a bunch of API calls:
> > Private Declare Function OSfCreateShellLink Lib "vb6stkit.dll" Alias
> "fCreateShellLink(...
> > Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Integer
> > Private Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias
> "RegDeleteKeyA"(...
> > Private Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib
"advapi32.dll"
> Alias "RegDeleteValueA"(...
> > I'm hoping someone has run into an error using API calls which looks
like:
> > "Application has generated an exception that could not be handled"
> > I'm guessing COM, but as I have described above, there should be no
> problem there. I don't know if the API calls don't work properly or if
they
> require an additional addin for dotnet to function - something other than
> dotnetfx.exe?
> > The program asks that I distribute these dll's (do they need to be
> registered?)
> > Interop.ComctlLib.dll
> > Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll
> > AxInterop.ComctlLib.dll
> > Interop.Scripting.dll
> > Help,
> > Giacomo
>
>
