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Get Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 6
Microsoft Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 with Visual SourceSafe 6.0d addresses known issues with Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual Source Safe 6.0. This service pack does not contain fixes for Visual InterDev 6.0, Visual FoxPro 6.0, and Visual J++ 6.0, as the mainstream life-cycle for these products has ended.

HOW TO: Use the ms:type-local-name XPath Extension Function to Program the MSXML DOM in Visual Basic for Windows
This step-by-step article describes how to use the ms:type-local-name XPath extension function to program the MSXML 4.0 Document Object Model (DOM) in Visual Basic. Description of the ms:type-local-name XPath Extension Function The XPath...
HOW TO: Use the ms:type-is XPath Extension Function to Program the MSXML DOM in Visual Basic for Windows
This step-by-step article describes how to use the ms:type-is XPath extension function to program the MSXML 4.0 Document Object Model (DOM) in Visual Basic. Description of the ms:type-is XPath Extension Function The XPath implementation in MSXML...
How To Close a Shelled Process When Finished Under Windows
When the Visual Basic Shell command is used to execute a batch file or MS- DOS program on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, the MS-DOS window remains open by default when the program is finished executing. Under Windows 3.1, Windows for...

FIX: Opening an Embedded Word 97 Document Creates an Extra Document
When opening an embedded Microsoft Word 97 object in a separate application window, you get an extra blank document. This happens the second and any subsequent times you open the embedded document during your application session. If you trying to...
Command Line Argument /MAKE Truncates User Documents
When you use the Microsoft Visual Basic command line argument /MAKE to compile an ActiveX .exe document, user documents may get truncated. A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this...
Cannot Install Programs on Portuguese Brazilian Windows 95
When you run the Setup program for any of the products listed above on Portuguese Brazilian Windows 95 version 4.00.950 or 4.00.950a, you may receive the following error message and Setup may then end: This product ships with the matching...

PRB: Error Connecting to MS Query with UserConnection Designer
When using the UserConnection Designer, you receive the following message when attempting to build a query: There was a problem attempting to communicate with MS Query. The UserConnection Designer cannot find where MS Query is located on the...
PRB: Error When You Use MS Data Shape Provider in Data Environment
When you try to use the Query Designer against the MS Shape Provider in the Data Environment, the following error message is returned: Query Designer encountered a ADODB.Properties error: Query Designer encountered a ADODB.Properties error: Query...
PRB: Error 800a01ad When You Run a WebClass from a Terminal Server Client
When you run a WebClass in debug mode in the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment (IDE) through a Terminal Server client, you may receive the following error message: MS VBscript runtime error ActiveX component can't create object...