Visual Basic 6 Setup

Hello,

I have developed a program in Visual Basic 6 on a Vista box. I developed a setup program using the Package & Deployment Wizard. I then tried to run the setup on an XP box. The setup runs, but complains because the system files are out of date. On my test box, I say go ahead and update and then the system will reboot. After the system reboots, I try to run the setup again and I will encounter I need to update my system files again.

Do I have to create the setup program in XP to get around this and will it work in Vista?

Thanks for your help.

Take a look at this:

PRB: Multiple "System Files Are Out of Date" Errors

And if none of that helps, make sure you have the latest VB6 runtime:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290887&Product=vb6

If the program is small you may want to consider using Inno Setup. It can install and remove COM dlls and ActiveX Controls, and has pascal syntax script language that you can use to check for existing registry settings or whatnot to find out what's on the machine before starting the install. Plus it's free and has been around for a long time and it's pretty easy to get working.

Thanks for the information. I will check it out.