VB6 application on a 64bit machine

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I'm maintaining an old VB6 application, that uses some Sheridan 3D controls (SSPanel and SSTab, found in threed32.ocx and tabctl32.ocx).

Will this application work on a 64-bit machine (I guess the 32 in threed32 comes from the bit number?)

If not, what can I do to make it work?

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Very similar to this question - Deanna
the vb5 cd contains instructions to add the ocx's to the registry. They are located under VB5.0\Tools\Controls there is a readme file to install and register manually. the grid32.ocx and sheridan controls are part of this. - Brad Davis

1 Answers

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It should run fine via WoW.

EDIT: Since you've clarified that it's a 16-bit application1, if it's a LOB application that absolutely must run then you could try Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 and later.

If you've got a copy of VB6 kicking around, try importing the project and compiling it at 32-bit.

Otherwise you might want to put the source code through the VB .NET project upgrade wizard and see how far you can get simply by targeting 32-bit.

1 Are you sure it's VB6? The only references to 16-bit VB applications were from VB4