VB6 any good to work on Reactos

dirtysouth09 · Post by **dirtysouth09** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:50 pm

hey guys i new and i love the idea of your os, i was wodnering if vb6 is usefull for anything on he os like can i create applications in vb6 and see if they work?

dreams · Post by **dreams** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:05 pm

Hi, welcome to ReactOS!

Most apps created in VB6 don't work good yet in ReactOS, sometimes they crash. Some may work though. You'll need to copy the VB6 runtime dll's to your ReactOS installation.

Also, VB6 apps will never be included in the ReactOS distribution, as they are impossible to compile with only opensource compilers.

dirtysouth09 · Post by **dirtysouth09** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:07 pm

o i understand, so what language is the one that is most supported?

Post by **Z98** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:09 am

We use assembly and C for the OS and applications, though we will accept C++ under certain conditions.

dirtysouth09 · Post by **dirtysouth09** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:13 am

ah ok so ill start looking into those languages to see if i can help in any way

wat program do u use to compile programs in c?

Post by **Z98** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:27 am

There are plenty of free compilers and stuff out there. If you want an IDE, I would suggest MS' Visual C++ Express Edition. There's also Code::Blocks, Eclipse, NetBeans, etc. VCEE you'll need to register but that's fairly straightforward. Others are completely free.

dirtysouth09 · Post by **dirtysouth09** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:43 am

ah ok...so this porject was started from ground up or from a source?

Post by **Z98** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:03 am

Ground up.

dirtysouth09 · Post by **dirtysouth09** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:09 am

ah, looks pretty advanced if it was done from ground up

Reacter · Post by **Reacter** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:29 am

10 or so years of smart people have created source code, which is why ReactOS lives!

dirtysouth09 · Post by **dirtysouth09** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:31 am

lol i hear u dude,not to offened none of u guys or anything..i love ur guys os..i think windows is gona fall down in a couple of years..but do u know any free os that supports mac osx files? somethign like a free replica to mac osx?

Mrkaras · Post by **Mrkaras** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:06 pm

I don't think windows is going anywhare for quate a while yet but anyway, to compile reactos you should get the Reactos build enviroment: http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... or_Windows

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:20 am

I Think I found a way to get VB6.0 Apps to work a Little bit better.
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I added a Blank picture with no border in the background because it and the top were giving problems. The top still has problems but the main area works ok now when you click on it. It would always crash when I clicked some were on it before.

iD4rK · Post by **iD4rK** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:51 pm

What about .net ?

Post by **Z98** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:05 pm

.NET support is a future consideration. We need a complete win32k first.

VB6 any good to work on Reactos

VB6 any good to work on Reactos

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