Hello everyone. I am looking to see if there is any possible way Visual Basic 6.0 code can run in Visual C++ 2008 Express. Any help would be very appreciated.
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Jump to PostI don't even know how anyone could ask such a question. The answer is of course not. Visual Basic 4-6 made heavy use of COM and COM components. These components are usable from C++, but the components are binary objects - not code.
Jump to PostIs the C++ created dll just a plain vanella Windows dll, or is it a COM component housed in a dll?
Jump to PostVB can access any dll written in C language, but C++ DLLs have to have special handling, such as the DLL either has to use extern "C" to make the DLL exported functions C style functions or the VB program has to know about name mangling, and you will have …
Jump to PostThe same way you access any of the Microsoft win32 api functions. This is c++ forum, not vb.
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