Re: VB6 and VB-PowerWrap

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Hi,

Thank you for searching out a person to contact about support for my
VB-PowerWrap program from Moonlight Software. I tried using this contact to
no avail. Although I did not get any "undeliverable" message back, I also
did not receive any replies from the person.

Likely he no longer is associated with the Moonlight Software support group
since it has likely disbanded. I do not understand this since the program is
still being sold (see the site:
https://www.regsoft.net/regsoft/vieworderpage.php3?productid=38040) and
therefore must have a support group. The RegSoft company keeps sending me
the old, unusable email address of the support group when I ask them about
it.

Again thank you.

Doug H


"expvb" <nobody@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Doug H" <courses@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Several years ago I needed help in distributing a VB6 program I use with
my classes at a seniors' computer club where I volunteer (I am a senior
as well). I posted the problem to this group and received the suggestion
that the program VB-PowerWrap would do what I needed. The club purchased
it and it worked very well. It wraps any DLLs or OCXs etc into the .exe
file of the program so that the program does not have to be "installed"
on a computer to run. Instead, when the wrapped program is executed it
temporarily registers any needed DLLs, OCXs etc that are not on the
target computer and then runs my coding. The very great advantage of this
is that my students can put my program in a folder on a memory stick and
run it both on their computers at home and on computers at the computer
club during workshops. They simply plug the memory stick into the
computer and run the program. It also enables them to put projects using
my program on CDs, give them to friends and relatives who can run them
from the CD without any installation.

My problem is that the company that produced VB-PowerWrap (Moonlight
Software) seems to have gone out of business. So when I had to replace my
hard drive I could not contact them with a new computer "fingerprint" to
get a new "key" to enable the VB-PowerWrap to run.

Does anyone else use VB-PowerWrap? If so, how are they handling this
problem? Can anyone suggest another program that would do the same or a
similar job--enable my VB6 program to run without actual installation on
a computer. Is there any other solution to distributing my program to my
students and letting them put projects using my program onto CDs and run
without installation?

I was able to find the contact information from the Internet Archive and
Google. Here is the person to contact:

George Balla
gballa@xxxxxxxxx

Here is the link to the company. The domain is still registered, but the
web site doesn't show up:

http://www.moonlight-software.com

Link to the site in the Internet Archive:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.moonlight-software.com/

Direct link to the last time it was archived(Jan 11, 2008):

http://web.archive.org/web/20080111233535/http://www.moonlight-software.com/

I found his name in the domain info, and the second download site shows
his name. The email was found in newsgroup posting.





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