I am upgrading my development machine to Windows 10, however, our shipping software is browser based. The shipping software interacts with scales, printers...etc via ActiveX. Obviously, Windows 10 has Edge instead of IE and does away with ActiveX I believe, but I will still need to test new features and such. Is there a way to fully emulate IE 9 and 10 in Windows 10? I could do a virtual machine but I am not sure how this would interact with attached printers, dimensioners and scales. So I'm wondering if there are any cleaner methods out there.
As an aside, their software (not programmed by me) runs in quirks mode (I know...), so the emulation would need to be pretty spot on. Worst case, I can dual boot, but that won't be fun.
Windows 10 does still ship with Internet Explorer. There are a couple ways to access it.
Open any webpage in Edge and click the ellipses and choose "Open with Internet Explorer".
From file explorer, browse to "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplorer.exe"
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I have some VB6 applications which have run well under every version of windows since XP. Now we are going over to Windows 10 x64 we are finding our our GUI application is very slow especially in SQL operations etc. We run all applications elevated and played around with various options in the compatibility tab but nothing stopped it from being laggy.
Recently i have found a huge improvement if i run the compatibility troubleshooter. the first time we test it fails because we then have to retry with the admin rights but then it seems quite good.
What i dont understand is what the troubleshooter is doing differently to manually selecting options and also even though i then tell it to save the settings, the next time the application runs its laggy again and we run the troubleshooter. I've done a little research and can confirm the applications are all run from the local hard drive. We also keep the database on the local drive.
Just in case it helps, Running different builds of Win10 from Anniversary to a clean install today of Fall Creator. The Visual Studio IDE is installed under the Program Files directory (not program files x86) and i deselected the ADO, RDS ODBC providers as suggested somewhere on the internet (there are ADODB calls could this have anything to do with it). The IDE runs also with elevated permissions.
There are essentially 3 applications with 2 running in the background. All reference a couple of DLL files from a 3rd party and run several SQL calls to a local database. We have noticed if the database is being accessed elsewhere (even through Access so not repetitively) this also slows down the GUI. This system need to perform realtime tasks and so this laggyness is affecting the operation.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
The correct, and fastest, latest software to run a VB6 program is only found in the "Windows 7, (SP3)" modes, with elevated (Admin) permissions. Since that version, there have been many safety features added to windows, which have to be "emulated", in order for VB6 programs to operate within certain safe limits. The cost was speed, nearly half the speed, which is measurable with most time-demo codes.
Setting compatibility mode to "Windows 7, (sp3)", and elevating your program to (admin), will return your program back to normal speed. Actually, it will be faster than it was on that version of windows, but only in some areas.
This should be done manually, or at the point of install, of your program. You have to add registry keys, based on where the program is installed and how it is named or identified. Prompting the user so they can OKAY the elevated (admin) access for your program.
Even though it's still working, it's really not optimized for new operating systems - of course it's just Windows. There were a number of programs that used to work on Windows XP and today do not work at all.
As the language son wanted with the interpreter rather than compiling it - of course there are other languages as if they had undergone many optimizations (eg python). Which greatly reduces the software.
I ran into the same issue and resolved it by Compatability options as below:
Right-click on "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\VB6.EXE" and choose the properties option from the popup menu
Select the Compatability tap from the properties windows
Under Compatibility mode, Select "Run this program in Compatability mode for"
Choose "Windows-XP (Service Pack 2)"
Click OK and execute VB6
I'm running some local application on a mini-PC and lately it has started freezing about once a week. When it's freezing the OS seems to still respond (most of the times). Internet explorer freezing with the message that "Internet Explorer is not responding".
The application is built using HTML/JS/PHP and MySQL. It runs on Internet Explorer using WAMP. (Assume that there is no way to modify the application at the moment).
I want to to find a way to reduce Windows 8.1 resource consumption to minimum. It won't matter how the graphic may look. If possible, only leave the necessary services for running Internet explorer and the localhost application.
I want to take those saved resources and "invest" them in Internet Explorer.
I believe this solution will solve, or at least improve the behavior of the application because when the application is ran on a stronger PC, it simply never crashes even without doing anything to the OS.
Also, if there is a way to do your suggestion with a CMD command so I can make a handy .bat file, it will be great.
I'm having a problem with vfp9 on Windows 7 64-bit. I've found that create sql view is taking 5-6 seconds. These happen instantaneous in XP. When my app starts up, I'm doing a few of these, so in Win 7, my app is taking 30+ seconds longer to start up than in XP. My views look like this:
create sql view MyView remote connection MyConn as select * from MyTable
I've also found that calling dbsetprop is adding another 1-2 seconds in Win 7. Again its instantaneous in XP.
dbsetprop('MyView.MyPk', 'Field', 'KeyField', .T.)
dbsetprop('MyView.MyPk', 'Field', 'Updatable', .T.)
Once created, the views work as they should. No slowness on with platform.
Does anyone have any ideas about what I could try or any info on what is/could be causing this?
Thank you in advance.
I don't know why as I haven't worked with Windows 7 yet with VFP... However, what I would check within VFP and try changing some settings to see if it helps.
From the VFP/IDE menu, go to Tools, then Options. On the multi-tab form, click on the "Remote Data" tab.
I don't know if/what its trying to do, but maybe for testing, make sure the "Records to fetch at a time" is NOT set to "All" (checkbox).
I would also look into SQLSETPROP() function to see if any of those settings might help.
I can't reproduce this on Windows 7 64 bit, either with VFP9 RTM or VFP9 SP2. I don't have a database of any size to work with but on the sample database Northwind the commands you list seem to work instantaneously.
A couple of questions:
Is this reproducible on any machine running Windows 7?
Where is your database? Is it on the local machine, a local network, or the internet?
There seems to be more scope for speed problems with Windows 7 and Visual FoxPro (and similar) applications, and I think this is down to the different network stack in Windows 7, immature network card drivers, an increased susceptibility to cabling and network switch problems, or any combination of these.
Ensure that all your Windows 7 boxes are on SP1 (and any Server 2008 boxes with shared DBF files also), as this fixes a file corruption issue that affected Visual FoxPro indexes.
Ensure that your network card drivers are 100% up to date. This can make a big difference.
One thing that I have seen which can give a massive improvement to the speed of networked Visual FoxPro applications is the network card driver Interrupt Moderation setting. This is present on Intel, Broadcom and many other NICs, although with possibly slightly different names.
I have personally seen situations where disabling this has changed a networked VFP application from taking 30 seconds to start to about 6 seconds.
Found the solution.
Write caching was being disabled on the drive by the raid controller software included with the machine.
Write caching was enabled under Device Manager > Disk Drive > Properties > Polices. However the software was overriding this setting.
It can be reproduced without the raid software by unchecking it in Windows 7 Polices.
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Running Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on the same machine
I am looking for a tool that can allow me to run Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 (and Internet Explorer 8 if possible) on my machine. I found something on the Internet like this and some other interesting solutions, but I need your opinion based on experience. Which is the best choice for running multiple Internet Explorer instances from the point of view of a web-developer?
Edit: thank you for the help, I installed some of the tools you suggested, and I decided to stick to those two: IETester and IE Collection - easy to install, intuitive UI and fast response time.
The others:
xenocode just crashed or I
couldn't install it properly.
Multiple IE wanted me to
install Microsoft .NET which took
eternity and at the end,
surprise...nothing worked. Then
again it's probably my poor
installing skills
IE Application
Compatibility VPC Image seems to
be the most professional approach to
the issue but I just liked IETester
and IE Collection better.
Microsoft provides VPC virtual hard drives with various OS images and IE versions for just this purpose:
Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image
Note that the OS installs are time-bombed so you have to periodically download new images from MS.
If you're on Windows you can try the new SuperPreview tool: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/8/568F0D28-0434-4794-B7FC-FB293BCC98FB/SuperPreview_Trial_en.exe
I've used this:
http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
This will get IE 6 going and earlier versions if that's a priority. Then you can just install IE 8 because it allows you to use IE7 "compatibility mode" so you can effectively mimic IE7.
You can install multiple versions of IE using this installer: http://finalbuilds.edskes.net/iecollection.htm
Use IETester. It's "for free" and follow its updates.
I've had fairly good results using Xenocode for browser testing
Let's say you have a slow laptop which can't handle Visual Studio but a blazingly fast desktop that can. Let's also say that you want to develop in several rooms in your house. Are there any drawbacks to having Visual Studio running on the desktop and simply using the laptop as a way to access it remotely? I'd guess that the only thing that you would be concerned about would be the network latency, but if the two computers are on the same network that should be minimal.
Do it.
Since you are running Visual Studio in your own local network, the main drawbacks (security and latency) are not there. In addition, you get the speed of your desktop and the mobility of your laptop.
I do this a lot even over broadband, I've never found speed to be a problem.
This is my standard working practice at work. There are times when you have issues, such as opening TFS document attachments can fail, but overall the experience is fine.
It is also an added bonus that you can leave it running continually (i.e. overnight / weekends) and you can kick off a build before you leave for the evening and come back to a packaged installer (or an error :) ).
I'm looking forward to (in a year or two) be able to do this over Hyper-V - then the application will run as though it IS on my laptop, with no remote desktop required.
No big drawbacks. I've been running VS 2008 remotely on a server 400 miles away, using GNU/Linux and rdesktop on my laptop and the server (of course) running Windows. The only problems I encounter are that it is a mess to move files between the two - but if you have the desktop near and can install anything you like (ftp programs for example), I can't see any drawbacks.
In a corp work environment where I've tried this I never felt particularly joyful. Tried using MSTSC and VNC.
Having a desktop with multiple monitors and trying to view that through a smaller laptop display is typically quite painful, never enough space.
Even when it was PC's on the same switch there always seemed to be some delay in the mouse moving or typing, I'm sure you could adjust, I just found it a bit annoying too.
We haven't tried serving up DevStudio from a CITRIX server yet, that might be worth a go.
I work a lot with Visual Studio over broadband, which is ok.
If you are running linux on your laptop, rdesktop is your friend. There are many options to gain more speed, like using 8-bit color instead of 16 or more. I don't know if mstsc offers such options. Visual Studio 2008 has got many options concerning speed which can be enabled if the connection is too slow: disable fancy menus etc.
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I think that having the dual (or more) monitor set-up does beat the ease of mobility when using a laptop connecting to a remote desktop. I work at home at least two days in a working week using my laptop (which is a 17", 1900x1200 screen, basically what they call a "desktop replacement"), connected to VS and TFS using VPN and I find that experience less than the situation at work where I have the 17" laptop screen AND a 24" TFT (also 1900x1200).
I also have experienced that running VS (or SQL Server Management Studio for example) over an RDP session is just not like the real thing. It does get the job done, however the "feel" isn't just the same.