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Posted on: 2009-08-11 17:56 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Install the VB5 runtime files. Using the Admin permissions. All versions of XP came with these pre-installed, but I suppose that the 64-bit Vista didn't. I BELIEVE that 32 bit apps should still run under a 64 bit environment with the correct runtimes installed, but your system would be the test of that hypothesis. Do this and then PLEASE tell me how it works out for you.
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Originally Posted by PhiloticKnight
Install the VB5 runtime files. Using the Admin permissions. All versions of XP came with these pre-installed, but I suppose that the 64-bit Vista didn't. I BELIEVE that 32 bit apps should still run under a 64 bit environment with the correct runtimes installed, but your system would be the test of that hypothesis. Do this and then PLEASE tell me how it works out for you.
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This is what I got when I tried installing VB5 runtime... I think it may be because 64-bit doesn't have a file setup like \system32... Not sure, though...
Not a HUGE deal to me... Just figured you should know... I don't believe it's a Vista thing, I think it may be just a 64-bit thing. And, yes, I was logged in as administrator (I'm the only account on the computer), and yes, I have full admin access to my files... Not sure why it would give me that error, really.
However, I know that 32-bit apps DO run in a 64-bit environment, because most of my apps are 32-bit apps (City of Heroes is one! haha)... So, it most likely isn't your program... It may be another problem.
"The One"
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Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
The way you play changes your IO slotting..
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76 characters and Twenty-four 50s later, I still love this game.
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You may be the only account, and you may have "admin access" to the file, but that doesn't make your account THE admin account. Vista has retarded security. On system wide changes like this, you need FULL admin access that can only be gotten by running it UNDER the actual admin account. And no a regular user account with admin rights isn't the same.
That message that you're getting is saying that you either "don't have access or the disk is full" and the disk obviously isn't full. Which means you don't have access. It's not because the directory doesn't exist either, because if you have FULL access, and a directory doesn't exist that you're trying to copy to, the admin account MAKES the directory for you. This is one of the reasons why I hate Vista, 64 or otherwise. The security is STUPID.
Here, this awesome looking guide should show you how to get this done, now AND in the future. Tell me how it goes, please.
Will it work in Ubuntu?
Thelonious Monk
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Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
Will it work in Ubuntu?
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Considering that it's a Windows application using Microsoft's Visual Basic runtime files.... yeah, good luck with that. I'm sure it's POSSIBLE to get it running under a version of Linux, but you'd have to do the dirty work on that yourself, sorry.
You might just have better luck using Golden Ace's Forum Color Guide, where i got the codes from originally and manually inputting them yourself. You should know however that where he has the code listed as being
[ color:#00FA9A] for example? That's the old that's on the old forums, with the new forums the code is actually [ color=#37A381]. Note the equals sign instead of the colon.
I went to that link, followed the directions, logged on to the "full" administrator account, and got the same error on the install... In the picture, I included the amount of space on my main drive, the "administrator" highlighted, and the error messages...
Don't worry about it... It's not worth it to me to spend more time over troubleshooting, as I have 2 CoH videos to edit down... 
"The One"
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Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
The way you play changes your IO slotting..
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76 characters and Twenty-four 50s later, I still love this game.
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Very very strange. Well, if it's not worth your time, it's not worth your time. The next thing I was going to suggest is that you might try to change the default installation directory into something else.... like c::\foobar or something, it might not like that this "alien" version of Windows software is trying to install into a protected Vista directory or something.... I don't know, I gave up on Vista a while ago because if its stupid security and when back to XP. Never been happier, things just WORK here.
Anyways, try that out if you want to, but it is entirely your choice.
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By the way, I can run the program fine after installing the VB 5 runtimes. It crashes and burns when I try to cut to the clipboard (hardly a surprise) but control-C still works just fine.
Now I've got a link for you: go out and get the Visual Studio Express Edition for VB. It's a completely free version of VB9. It takes awhile to learn the new stuff but there's tons of help out there on the web now and, once you get a handle on it, you'll have a LOT more power. (That whole problem with the 32768 limit on text boxes? It now defaults to that limit but you can crank it up to a couple billion characters. And that's just a single snowflake on the tip of an iceberg.)
It's either that or keep trying to program for the 90's and blaming Microsoft every time it doesn't work.
no u!
I will take your advice, however I still do blame Microsoft for not making their new operating systems not fully backwards compatible with the stuff they've released in the past. NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS.
Vista is pretty much a software deployment nightmare. UAC is the debil....I'd like to strangle whoever thought the virtualstore was a good idea. 
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I beg to differ here. I've seen hundreds of apps that ran fine on Mac's using OS7, 8, or 9 that didn't run at all after upgrading to OS X. It's not purely a Microsoft issue.
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Originally Posted by Westley
no u!
I will take your advice, however I still do blame Microsoft for not making their new operating systems not fully backwards compatible with the stuff they've released in the past. NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS. |
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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Linux's binary backwards compatibility is pretty much just **** (you're forced to install a crap-ton of support libs... and hopefully they're all exactly the right version! so many libraries don't give a CRAP about stable ABIs). OS X's compatibility with older versions of OS X isn't bad, but there's still lots of breaks (and forget about OS 8!). Visual Basic 5 was released OVER A DECADE AGO, for Microsoft's first 32bit OS (Windows 95)... a different processor architecture (x86 vs x64), as well as a different OS platform (Vista is based on NT, while Windows 95 was based on DOS). I bet with some effort you could get it installed and working just fine.|
Originally Posted by Westley
no u!
I will take your advice, however I still do blame Microsoft for not making their new operating systems not fully backwards compatible with the stuff they've released in the past. NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS. |
I hate to admit it, but Microsoft actually has a pretty damn good record for backwards compatibility... in fact, so much so that it's really screwed them over for many years (API level bugs simply can't be fixed, inconsistencies are there forever, etc).
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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I have taken the advice of Zloth and downloaded and installed the new free version of Visual Basic. I loaded my old application into it and spent about two hours fixing errors and adjusting it for the new platform. Now it should look and run just as well as the "old" version.
I've made NO feature changes, this "new" version is simply a conversion to Visual Basic 2008 and the .NET platform.
So.... anyone want to be a Guinea Pig? Want to test this out for me?
If so, follow this link. It leads to the directory where I'm hosting the zip file. Inside the zip file is the application itself. No installation necessary!
I'm really curious to see everyone's response. I made it on Windows 7, so I'm even more curious to see if it runs okay on older operating systems.
PLEASE pretty PLEEEEEEEASE test it for me? Anyone?
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Originally Posted by Westley
no u!
I will take your advice, however I still do blame Microsoft for not making their new operating systems not fully backwards compatible with the stuff they've released in the past. NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS. |
And I'll test it under XP
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
Colour Picker 2.0 under WindowsXP. Works good.
Not crashes or nasty bugs, quick & easy to run.
A nitpick, I'd have an icon for select all and for copy and for paste, in addition to your select all & cut button.
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
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Originally Posted by tanstaafl
Colour Picker 2.0 under WindowsXP. Works good.
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Well, works well.
But thanks for testing it for me. And you didn't need to install any runtimes or anything like that, right? Just worked right out of the box?
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Originally Posted by tanstaafl
A nitpick, I'd have an icon for select all and for copy and for paste, in addition to your select all & cut button.
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ACTUALLY I didn't even want the window to be as big as it IS! I wanted it to be the tiniest window possible... but feature creep kept making it bigger....
I still wish I could make it smaller somehow without losing functionality or having to use a magnifying glass to read the text...
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Originally Posted by Westley
ACTUALLY I didn't even want the window to be as big as it IS! I wanted it to be the tiniest window possible... but feature creep kept making it bigger....
I still wish I could make it smaller somehow without losing functionality or having to use a magnifying glass to read the text... |
Except colour being mispelled.
Maybe change the standard cut icon as it behaves differently to expected.
The machine I tested it on has lots of stuff already installed, so cant say if I didnt have to install anything due to that or due to it being unneeded. I'll test it on my virtual XP machine which has nothing installed.
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
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Originally Posted by tanstaafl
Except colour being mispelled.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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Originally Posted by tanstaafl
Maybe change the standard cut icon as it behaves differently to expected.
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That's a really good idea. I just "added" an asterix to the icon along with the scissors.
I hope that's pretty self explanatory.I also resized those two buttons, shortened the window and slightly widened it. So now it's slightly fatter and shorter. And for some reason I like it better that way.
Try it out, what do you think?
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Still wish I could make it smaller, but I want to leave at least a few lines for people to type stuff.
So..... anyone else wanna give it a shot? If they find enough use for it, I might be tempted to go and make a full version of the Forums Offline Editor for the new forums. But only if there are enough people interested. Otherwise I won't waste my time.
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Hush, you european.
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Originally Posted by Westley
That's a really good idea. I just "added" an asterix to the icon along with the scissors.
I hope that's pretty self explanatory.I also resized those two buttons, shortened the window and slightly widened it. So now it's slightly fatter and shorter. And for some reason I like it better that way. Try it out, what do you think? Screenshot: Still wish I could make it smaller, but I want to leave at least a few lines for people to type stuff. |
Testing it on a diskimage with only WInXP installed gives a "failed to initailse" error.
If i get time today, I'll install .net on it, which may be all it needs. Not sure what the lastest VB studio actually uses
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
From looking up that error, all the pages say it means that .NET needs to be "reinstalled". Which means if you don't have it, it should be installed.
I'm awaiting your next test, thank you.
I run Windows Vista 64-Bit OS... Any suggestions for getting the program to work?
"The One"
76 characters and Twenty-four 50s later, I still love this game.
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