[dba-VB] VB6 and Vista

VB6 runtime will be shipped with Vista, so your VB6 apps should still be good for the next 
ten years.

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Now, when it comes to the VB6 runtime, it is scheduled to ship as part of Windows Vista, 
which means that it will be covered under Vista's support lifecycle. This is five years of 
mainstream support, plus five years of extended support, from the date that Windows Vista 
ships. So the runtime itself will continue to be supported for quite some time yet.

I think the differentiation between the runtime, and the design environment, is a place 
where there's been some confusion in the industry. The important thing is, VB6 
applications that today run on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, should run on 
Windows Vista. There are always changes with the operating system from one version to 
another, for example, there were changes between Windows 2000 and Windows XP in 
how certain controls behave. However, we are running all of the acceptance tests for VB6 
on Windows Vista, and they all pass.

SS: I know that one of the concerns has been, "My app isn't going to run on Vista." It 
sounds like what you're saying, pretty clearly, is that going to Vista isn't any more of an 
issue than going from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. It's a new operating system, and 
there's always the potential for incompatibilities, but Microsoft isn't doing anything to break 
VB6, or doing anything knowingly keep VB6 from running. In fact, by shipping the VB 
runtime as part of the operating system, you're hoping that most VB6 apps will keep 
running without a problem.

JR: And we're testing to insure that most VB6 apps will keep running without any problem.  
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