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Q172846: INFO: Readme File List for All Editions of Visual Basic 5.0

Article: Q172846
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbreadme kbVBp kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article lists the locations of all the readme files (readme.txt and
readme.wri) included with the different editions of Visual Basic. The readme
files contain additional information about Visual Basic components.

NOTE: The Control Creation edition of Visual Basic does not have any readme.txt
or readme.wri files.

MORE INFORMATION
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Each section contains a list of readme files shipped with the specified editions
of Visual Basic.

All Editions of Visual Basic
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  Title                                            Location
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  Distributed Com (DCOM) for Windows 95         \Tools\Dcom95
  Help Compiler Workshop                        \Tools\Hcw
  IDGEN-tools for generating globally unique    \Tools\Idgen
        identifiers
  Image Edit                                    \Tools\ImagEdit
  Mastering Series Training Sampler             \Tools\Msd
  Microsoft Internet Explorer                   \Tools\Msie
  Microsoft Windows NT 3.51                     \Tools\Nt351sp5.a
     U.S. Service Pack 5
  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2       \Tools\Nt40.sp2
  Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0                    Root
  Registration Utilities                        \Tools\Regutils
  Resource Compiler                             \Tools\Resource
  Localized Versions of Setup.exe               \Tools\Stoolkit
  Microsoft Dialog Automation Objects           \Tools\Unsupprt\Dlgobj
  Visual Basic Code Profiler                    \Tools\Unsupprt\Vbcp
  ODBC Directory                                \Vb\Odbc

Enterprise and Professional Editions Only
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  Title                                            Location
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  ActiveX Controls                              \Tools\Controls
  License Package Authoring Tool                \Tools\Lpk_tool
  MFC version 4.2                               \Tools\Mfc42
  ODBC Spy                                      \Tools\Odbcspy
  OLE Messaging                                 \Tools\Olemsg
  Time Card Sample                              \Tools\Olemsg\Timecard.cli
  OLE Tools                                     \Tools\OleTools
  Pspy.exe                                      \Tools\Pspy
  Process Viewer                                \Tools\Pview
  Spy++                                         \Tools\Spy
  Template Manager                              \Tools\Unsupprt\Tmplmgr
  Working Set Viewer                            \Tools\Unsupprt\Wsview
  Microsoft Repository 1.0                      \Vb\Repostry

Enterprise Edition Only
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  Title                                            Location
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  Microsoft Visual Database Tools               \Tools\DataTools
  Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 2       \Tools\TSQL\Sql65.sp2
  T-SQL Debugging Server Setup                  \Tools\Tsql\Srvsetup
  Microsoft, Visual SourceSafe                  \Vss
  Visual SourceSafe 4.0a (16-bit)               \Vss\Ss_16Bit

Additional query words: guidgen.exe uuidgen.exe

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Keywords          : kbreadme kbVBp kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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