Re: VB broken in Vista

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"Dan Ritchie" <DanRitchie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:70D374F3-42F7-4B83-A8D2-D3E8E52E6496@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

90% of my computer work is as a workstation. It seems like Vista is
nothing more than a sand-box. I can't imagine I'll ever be able to use it
for serious work in it's current state. It's a sad day. I hope they don't
rush this thing to market any time soon.

Don't worry too much. They've got a few law suits slowing them down at the moment from people who reckon MS have nicked their code ;-)

Mike




They'll set the industry back 20 years.

That asside, I still have to support it, so hopefully there will be more
betas that will let us turn off the restrictive features and give us indy
developers a chance to stay afloat for a little while longer.




[To Dan]: I'd stay with this in case it's something you might have
overlooked Dan. The 64-bit O/S's effectively have 2 views of the registry:
one for 32-bit apps that's designed to be totally compatible with what went
before, and one for true 64-bit apps. I can't believe MS would have missed a
really obviously problem like that - all griping aside for a sec. I wish I
could be more helpful but I haven't been able to get my hands on such a
system here yet.

Tony Proctor

"Rick Rothstein" <rickNOSPAMnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u4wBS94jGHA.1508@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In VB5, opening just about any component returns the following error
> >
> > Error accessing the system registry.
>
> Michael's gloating aside, you must remember that Vista is in Beta right
now.
> I firmly believe before it makes final release, VB5/6 programs will > work.
If
> Microsoft expects to sell the number of Vista units they plan on > selling,
> they will have to make the millions of legacy applications companies
> developed in-house function correctly. I just don't think many > companies
> will be stupid enough to adopt Vista if it makes them rewrite all of > their
> currently working in-house developed programs... and I have to think
> Microsoft knows this. With Linux breathing down its neck, Microsoft > will
> have to make Vista support these type of applications. If it doesn't, I
> believe it will mark the beginning of the end for them as a major > computer
> powerhouse.
>
> Rick
>
>




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