Re: WinME Can't Install my VB6 Program

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From: Lenny Abbey (labbey_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 10:07:25 GMT

I supply an access mdb file with the required data, and use MSJet to
manipulate it. So no third party software is involved, unless MS is
considered third party.

Lenny

"J French" <erewhon@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:40a5fc18.103244170@news.btclick.com...
> On Sat, 15 May 2004 10:50:13 GMT, "Lenny Abbey"
> <labbey@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >I have a program which I have written in VB6. It has been used
successfully
> >by hundreds of users. But one person is having trouble installing it on a
> >WinME system. He gets a "Class Not Registered" error message. I have
tried
> >supplying it to him with the VS1.1 installer as well as the standard VB6
> >packager.
> >
> >The actual error message, with the CLSID code can be seen at::
> >http://labbey.com/errormsg
> >
> >Is this an impossible task? I advised the user to either upgrade, or go
back
> >to Win98 SE.
>
> It might be interesting to look for that GUID in your /own/ registry
> - out of curiousity I've just done it
>
> DAO.DBEngine.35
>
> I reckon that if you looked in your Project's .VBP file, you would
> find a reference to this.
>
> Given that hundreds of people are using your App, do you really have
> to rely on Third Party utilities to handle filing ?
> - and if you do, it might be an idea to install them, or do a check to
> see if they are there
>
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