Putting an app on the web 2

[NeilFrank]

I've got a little standalone VB 6.0 app that I'd like to be able to access from the web.

Is this possible?

 

[AndyGroom]

Do you mean run it in a browser over the internet from any computer?

- Andy
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[NeilFrank]

yes

 

[JoeAtWork]

I think you're only chance is to change your program into an ActiveX control, which you can embed in a web page. Note that the security settings on most people's browsers will not let you automatically install an ActiveX control - at the very least they will have to click OK on a couple of messages warning them of the possible dire consequences of installing an unknown control.

The other question is whether your code could run on "any" machine. For example, does it connect to a local database server with a particular name, or expect a certain file to exist at a certain location?

 

[NeilFrank]

Thanks - and a tip of the hat to - Joe.

No there are no external components.

Another option (conceived in ignorance): could I translate my VB program into Java, eg via

http://www.tvobjects.com/products/Convert-VB-to-Java.html,

and then run it on a web page?

 

[strongm]

>I think you're only chance is to change your program into an ActiveX control,

I think I'd rather go for an ActiveX document - and if you've got VB6 Enterprise it icludes a migration wizard (under add-ins) for converting an existing project.

The documentation gives the impression that you can only successfully host these off IIS, but this page purposrts to show how you can host on a Unix/Linux web server such as Apache

 

[JoeAtWork]

ActiveX Document - I never really got into that - I thought Microsoft had basically abandoned that concept.

 

[strongm]

>I thought Microsoft had basically abandoned that concept

Sure, but they've abandoned VB6 as well - but loads of us still use it ...

IE8 still happily hosts ActiveX documents