Re: "scrrun.dll" not compatible in different languages?


"Michael D. Ober" <obermd.@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message news:FHHye.1566$BK1.672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Even with VB Scripting disabled, the scrrun.dll file is, in many cases,
> still available. There are two major problems with this file. First, it
> doesn't appear on all versions of Windows. Second, even when it does
> appear, it doesn't have a consistent interface. Unfortunately, there are
> some features in FSO (and also wscript.exe) that are nearly impossible to
> implement in VB 6 without FSO or another file system interface. The API
> calls to do some of this stuff, while easy in C++, are nearly impossible to
> get right in VB6. I wholehearteldy agree that if there is a native VB
> method or function, use it instead - it will almost always be faster and is
> far less likely to have platform dependent compatiblitiy issues.
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I spent a couple of days and wrote an FSO replacement using native VB6 File I/O and the Windows API. It Implements 90% of the
functionality and uses the same object model. The remaining 10% was not implemented, not because it was difficult or impossible,
because I didn't need those functions and chose not to spend the time. My purpose for writing the replacement was to drop it into
the code that I have to maintain and rid those projects of the FSO.

If I can do it anyone can.

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Al Reid


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