Posts about Visual Basic 6

Persist Security Info Default Value Changed in Windows Vista

March 25th 2007 Visual Basic 6 ADO.NET

In Windows Vista the default value for the Persist Security Info parameter of an ADO connection string has changed from True to False. You should be aware of this because it can prevent your legacy code from working properly under Windows Vista.

Display and Input of Unicode Characters in Legacy VB6 Applications

August 5th 2006 Unicode Visual Basic 6

Although in Visual Basic 6 all string variables are inherently Unicode, the same is not true for the components that come with it. The best solution is to use the components from the Microsoft Forms 2.0 Object Library.