>I am assuming that the exe file would not require me to purchase visual
>basic to run it. I do have Visual C++ on this machine, with visual =
studio.
>
>If anyone on the list either knows enough about VB to know what I'm
>missing, or better yet if someone has sucessfully run the software from
>AN247, I'd love to find out what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks to Jake,Alex,Adam, Robert, and all who have offered help so far.

I have tried the suggestions offered, and so far, no luck.
More details were requested:
I am trying to run the VB app included in the source for AN247.
The source is available at:
http://www.microchip.com/download/appnote/pic18/00247.zip

I have tried running it at home on a WIN98SE machine, and also at work
on a Win2K machine. Both have Visual C++ V6 installed. (Along with =
visual
studio 6, of course)

In both cases, I get a polite "bing" and nothing else. No window, no =
error
message no indication of what might have failed. I also tried running =
from
an MSDos command shell, hoping for an error message. No luck.(If there =
is an
error message, I don't know where to look for it)

Reading further from the Microsoft website, I found that VB programs =
that use
ActiveX controls may need more support files on the target machine than =
usual.
According to the app note, this program is using ActiveX. This may be =
the problem.

We have a programmer that uses VisualBasic in one of our Ohio offices.
I think I'll write him an E-Mail and see if he can sort this out.

Even if I can't get the PC side working, the rest of the package is =
worthwhile=20
for me. Having learned in "C" on a _very_ different platform, I get a =
bit frustrated
when I can't get a simple application to run in windows. I am not very =
adept at
the Windows way of doing things. (Nor is windows very good at doing =
things my way!)

Thanks to everyone, and I'll keep plugging away at it.

Lyle

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