VB6 App On Linux 3

[Swi]

Do VB6 applications run fine on Linux? I know VB.NET apps do. Thanks.

Swi

 

[trollacious]

You might be able to use them with the WINE Windows emulator. If I remember correctly, Mono is what runs .NET executables in a Linus environment.

Lee

 

[strongm]

>I know VB.NET apps do

Erm - they do if you have Mono. Otherwise they do not (as far as I know).

There is no comparable platform for Linux to enable VB6 apps to run (WINE is something somewhat different)

 

[trollacious]

I haven't worked with Linux in about 9 years, and didn't do much with it before then. I'd heard something about WINE running Windows programs, but hadn't looked into it in detail.

Lee

 

[DonQuichote]

I have written a few VB6 programs myself and recently switched to linux (Xubuntu). If you install Wine and copy the msvbvm60.dll to a place where the executable can find it, your program should run, if it does not have other dependencies, off course. But those can be solved by copying the appropriate DLLs as well, or by running the installer if you created one.

 

[Swi]

Thank you all for the information.

Swi