Re: Using VC++ 6.0 under Vista

From:

"Chris Becke" <chris.becke@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc,microsoft.public.vc.atl,microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui,microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:19:27 +0200

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"ranin02" <ranin02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has any experience to share, successful or
unsuccessful, using VC++ 6.0 under Vista. I know it isn't supported
but we may have to do it anyway. Googling has yielded some references
to issues installing it, but not much about using it to compile and/or
to debug. Wondering how feasible it is and if there are any gotchas.

I develop under XP because I far prefer it.

However, I test my apps, using VS6's remote debugging, on Vista - with UAC
turned on even.
When "installing" the VS6 msvcmon on Vista, you do need to remember to add
the SeDebugPrivelage to the account that is going to be used. Additionally,
VS6 itself needs to be configured to not support OLE debugging.

Other than that, I prefer remote debugging with two PCs as it prevents a lot
of undesirable interactions between trying to use the debugging environment
and the app being developed.