The rather extensive runtime library used by Visual Basic and its compiler has been a major stumbling block for the language. Both the Windows Phone 7 and the XBox 360 don’t support the library ...

In order to support more platforms, Visual Basic 9 will have to the option to exclude the VB Runtime.

Microsoft's confirmation that the VB6 runtime will be supported in Windows 11 for its lifetime still keeps this legacy language relevant. While modern programmers with the best laptops might not ...

To target the common language runtime, VB had to undergo some radical changes, the most important of which is support for true object-oriented programming (OOP).

I am trying to execute the member function of a COM+ object from an ASP page, and getting the following error:Error: 430 Class does not support Automation or does not support expected interface I ...

Continued Support In fact, Microsoft intends to support the VB6 runtime for the full lifetime of Windows Vista -- five years of mainstream support followed by five years of extended support -- and ...

Company executives reiterate that Microsoft won't extend support for VB6, despite requests from a growing pool of developers.

Making things more confusing, Driver observes, is Microsoft's announced plan to support the VB6 runtime through Longhorn. That means, in theory, that an application built and running today should ...