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| SvenC |
Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 09:54:24 AM
Hi,
when VAX 1711 is loaded in VC6 SP6 on my Vista x64 machine at work the list of Fonts is empty when using Tools->Options->Format
I had that problem in an earlier 17xx beta build and could resolve it by renaming hkcu\\software\\microsoft\\devstudio\\6.0
VC6 recreates that key on startup. The font list is working again.
I add the Addins\\VisualAssist.DSAddin.1 sub key to get VAX loaded again. After I restarted VC6 with VAX loaded the font list is empty again.
This happens only on my work machine with Vista x64. At home I have a laptop running Vista x86 where the fonts do show in VC6 with VAX 1711 enabled.
Does anybody else see this problem on Vista x64 with VC6 (SP6) and VAX 1711?
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SvenC |
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| SvenC |
Posted - Jan 02 2009 : 10:08:26 AM
I am using the Visual Studio 6 setup to install VC6 - so I do not know if maybe a standalone VC6 setup has additional issues.
You typically get compatibility warnings when starting the VS6 setup.exe but those can be ignored. I seem to remember a setup error due to the setup trying to install an old Java VM. IIRC that Java VM check/installation step can be "skipped" by directly executing acmboot.exe which lives in the same directory as setup.exe of VS6.
I applied the latest service pack which is SP6 - which gives incompatibility warnings as well but installs never the less. |
| feline |
Posted - Jan 02 2009 : 09:57:33 AM
Some of our developers have had problems getting VC6 to install under Vista, I am not sure they ever actually succeeded. This seems to be quite a common problem, I found numerous reports of this when I did a web search to find out what the official incompatibilities with Vista are. I never did find a list, but "cannot actually install" would be a fairly significant one *sigh* |
| SvenC |
Posted - Dec 28 2008 : 3:25:41 PM
Good to see that you can reproduce this behavior.
I managed to change the font by directly editing the font name in the registry. So I have a work around.
Even if it is related to Vista x64, the empty font list in VC6 only occurs when VAX is loaded. Its only a minor issue to me and I use VC6 only on two old projects - so if it can be fixed easily it would be nice, otherwise I can live with it. |
| feline |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 6:18:33 PM
I am seeing the same problem - all of the fonts are missing, on a Vista 64bit virtual machine with VC6 and VA 1649 *sigh*
"silly" question time, do you need to change the font in VC6 on Vista 64bit?
I assume you know that VC6 is not officially supported by Microsoft on Vista, let alone Vista 64bit? Clearly the OS is a factor here, maybe a big factor. |
| SvenC |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 07:20:21 AM
Just in case it helps: I started VC6 with VAX logging enabled on my Vista x64 machine. This is the content of va.log after I started VC6 (as admin), opened the Options-Dialog, choose Format-Tab, open the (empty) font combobox and closed VC6 again - MadHook2 sounds interesting ;-)
Logfile created - level 7(0x00000007) PID 4288(0x000010c0)
VA_X.dll file version 10.5.1711.0 built 2008.12.11
Licensed to:
VA X: <removed> Support ends 2009.11.22
MSDev.exe version 6.0.9782.2
Devshl.dll version 6.0.9782.0
Devedit.pkg version 6.0.9782.0
Font: Courier New 15(Pixels)
Comctl32.dll version 5.82.6001.18000
Windows Vista 6.0 Build 6001 Service Pack 1
4 processors
(47 t)
TI: 30- 6aaf5f68
(47 t)
CESF .h;.hh;.hpp;.hxx;.ipp;.tlh;.inl;.p;.rh;.dh;.ih;.ph;
(749 t)
.......CESF .c;.cpp;.cc;.cxx;.tli;
.......CESF .rc;.rc2;
.......CESF .idl;.odl;
.......CESF .exe;.dll;.obj;.tlb;.pkg;.ocx;.olb;
.......CESF .ctc;.config;
.......CESF .jav;.java;.jsl;
.......CESF .htm;.html;.shtml;
.......CESF .vb;.dsm;.bas;.cls;.frm;.dob;
.......CESF .js;
.......CESF .cs;.csx;
.......CESF .pl;.cgi;
.......CESF .php;
(15 t)
.......CESF .asp;.aspx;.hta;.asa;.asax;.ascx;.ashx;.asmx;.master;
.......CESF .xml;
.......CESF .xaml;
.......CESF .vbs;.svb;
.......ComCleanup
(1358 t)
MadHook2
MadHook2.2
~ParserThread
(15 t)
-PooledThread: ConsumerParserThread
PooledThreadProc VAX:ConsumerParserThread exit tid 0xbc0 in 10920 ticks
FTG gP
(484 t)
FTG VaSys
Sorting...
Sorting...
(15 t)
FTG gGD
Sorting...
FTG gRW
FTG FS
FTG gsB
FTG Ps
EDL::277 12/22/2008 13:15:05 0x10a8
(110 t)
ExitInstance EdDll unloading
EDL::60 12/22/2008 13:15:05 0x10a8
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