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Browse All TopicsI have this program that I created in VB6 on a machine running Windows 95. The machine is old and I'm worried it will fail. All my files are continually backed up but I want to move to a newer, faster OS and machine.
Is it possible to copy the setup files (deployment files) that VB6 has created for my vb6 program and move them to another computer where I have VB6 is installed? Now, the deployment files, I might be calling them by the wrong name, are the files that need to gathered and compiled to make the setup.exe for my vb6 program. I guess they are the dependency files that need to be gathered such as; database file, help file, and others that need to be installed on the user's machine so that the program works ok. I hope this makes since.
Thanks, ADawn
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by: Brook1966Posted on 2009-09-28 at 05:09:54ID: 25438549
I would think that you could simply move the files from your deployment and you would be fine.
However, personally I would move the project over and rebuild you dependancies. These files are only used when making your executable. These files "should" not vary from OS to OS but I have seen occasions where a build from one OS will not work for a different OS so again, to be sure, move your entire project files and rebuild your deployments.