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Q189111: INFO: What Additional Components Are Installed with VB 6.0?

Article: Q189111
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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When Visual Basic 6.0 is installed upon a development machine, several other
components are installed as well. This articles lists the additional components
installed along with Visual Basic 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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Visual Basic 6.0 requires a few additional system components in order to work on
a development machine. The components installed include:

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1 SP1
  Updated Java Virtual Machine
  DCOM98
  Visual Basic 6.0 Core Files
  Additional Visual Basic 6.0 Features Selected (optional)
  Microsoft Developer's Network (optional)
  Server Components (optional)

OPTIONAL COMPONENTS
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Additional Visual Basic 6.0 Features
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These are extra components selected to be installed along side the Core Files.
You can select what you would like installed with a "Custom" setup. A Typical
setup installs all the optional features except Graphics, ISAM drivers, and some
ODBC drivers.

Microsoft Developer's Network (MSDN)
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If you wish to access Online Help and documentation, you must install MSDN.
Visual Basic 6.0's documentation is now a part of the Microsoft Developer's
Network.

Server Components
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There are numerous tools that ship with the Professional and Enterprise Edition
of Visual Basic 6.0. Server Setup lets you choose additional tools to install.

RESOLUTION
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q187948 : Server Installation With Visual Studio 6.0

Additional query words: kbSetup kbVBp600

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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