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Determining which version of VB a program was compiled with

How do you determine which version of visual basic a program (.ocx, .exe, or .dll) was compiled with?

(I'm referring to visual basic 6 and before, not .net).

Solution

  • You can often tell what version was used to compile an old VB program based on the dependencies for the program.

    MSVBVM60.dll for VB6 compiled programs

    MSVBVM50.dll for VB5

    VB40032.dll for VB4 32bit

    VB40016.dll for VB4 16bit.