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Q193366: INFO: CAB Files Distributed with Visual Basic 6.0

Article: Q193366
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbList kbInternet kbVBp kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- 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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Microsoft provides digitally signed cabinets (.CAB files) on the Internet for
download containing core Visual Basic 6.0 files. To download these CAB files,
type "http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/<xxx.cab>" (without the
quotation marks) (where <xxx.cab> is the name of the CAB file that you
want to download).

MORE INFORMATION
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Following are the links to the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 digitally signed .CAB
files. Navigate to the following links and, when prompted to save or open the
.CAB file, choose save.

Microsoft Controls for Visual Basic 6.0
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Microsoft ADO Data Control 6.0 (OLEDB)

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSADODC.CAB

Microsoft Chart Control 6.0 (OLEDB)

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSCHRT20.CAB

Microsoft Comm Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSCOMM32.CAB

Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/COMDLG32.CAB

Microsoft Data Bound Grid Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/DBGRID32.CAB

Microsoft Data Bound List Controls 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/DBLIST32.CAB

Microsoft DataGrid Control 6.0 (OLEDB)

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSDATGRD.CAB

Microsoft DataList Controls 6.0 (OLEDB)

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSDATLST.CAB

Microsoft DataRepeater Control 6.0 (OLEDB)

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSDATREP.CAB

Microsoft FlexGrid Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSFLXGRD.CAB

Microsoft Hierarchical FlexGrid Control 6.0 (OLEDB)

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSHFLXGD.CAB

Microsoft Internet Transfer Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSINET.CAB

Microsoft MAPI Controls 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSMAPI32.CAB

Microsoft Masked Edit Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSMASK32.CAB

Microsoft Multimedia Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MCI32.CAB

Microsoft PictureClip Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/PICCLP32.CAB

Microsoft RemoteData Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSRDC20.CAB

Microsoft Rich Textbox Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/RICHTX32.CAB

Microsoft SysInfo Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/SYSINFO.CAB

Microsoft Tabbed Dialog Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/TABCTL32.CAB

Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/COMCTL32.CAB

Microsoft Windows Common Controls-2 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/COMCT232.CAB

Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSCOMCTL.CAB

Microsoft Windows Common Controls-2 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSCOMCT2.CAB

Microsoft Windows Common Controls-3 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/COMCT332.CAB

Microsoft Winsock Control 6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSWINSCK.CAB

Other Microsoft Objects and Libraries
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Microsoft Data Access Components

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MDAC20.CAB

Microsoft Data Access Components

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MDAC_TYP.CAB

For additional information on the two files above, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q190046 INFO: VB6 Readme Part 6 - Wizard Issues

Microsoft Data Binding Collection Object

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSBIND.CAB

Microsoft Data Formatting Object Library

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSSTDFMT.CAB

Microsoft Data Report Designer v6.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSDBRPTR.CAB

Microsoft DHTML Page Run-time Library 1.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSHTMPGR.CAB

Microsoft OLE Automation Library

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/OLEAUT.CAB

Microsoft Remote Data Object 2.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSRDO20.CAB

Microsoft Remote Automation Library

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/msracli.cab

Microsoft Stock Property Page Object

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/msstkprp.CAB

Microsoft WebClass Library 1.0

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSWCRUN.CAB

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Run-time Components

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/VBRUN60.CAB

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Virtual Machine

  http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSVBVM60.CAB

These CAB files can also be found on your Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Basic 6.0
CDs. Here are the locations:

Package                                  Location
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Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition     Disk3\Common\Tools\Vb\Cabinets
Visual Studio 6.0 Pro Edition            Disk2\Common\Tools\Vb\Cabinets
Visual Basic 6.0                         Disk1\Common\Tools\Vb\Cabinets

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbList kbInternet kbVBp kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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