DOCUMENT:Q189111  28-AUG-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :INFO: What Additional Components Are Installed with VB 6.0?
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for
   Windows, version 6.0
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SUMMARY
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When Visual Basic 6.0 is installed upon a development machine, several
other components are installed as well. This articles lists the additional
components installed along with Visual Basic 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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Visual Basic 6.0 requires a few additional system components in order to
work on a development machine. The components installed include:

   Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1 SP1
   Updated Java Virtual Machine
   DCOM98
   Visual Basic 6.0 Core Files
   Additional Visual Basic 6.0 Features Selected (optional)
   Microsoft Developer's Network (optional)
   Server Components (optional)

OPTIONAL COMPONENTS
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Additional Visual Basic 6.0 Features
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These are extra components selected to be installed along side the Core
Files. You can select what you would like installed with a "Custom" setup.
A Typical setup installs all the optional features except Graphics, ISAM
drivers, and some ODBC drivers.

Microsoft Developer's Network (MSDN)
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If you wish to access Online Help and documentation, you must install MSDN.
Visual Basic 6.0's documentation is now a part of the Microsoft Developer's
Network.

Server Components
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There are numerous tools that ship with the Professional and Enterprise
Edition of Visual Basic 6.0. Server Setup lets you choose additional tools
to install.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbdss kbSetup kbVBp600
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Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

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