FILE: Vb4Run.exe Run-Time .dlls for Visual Basic 4.0 Apps

ID: Q196286

The information in this article applies to:

SUMMARY

Vb4Run.exe is a self-extracting file that contains the run-time engine(s) for both the Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit and 32-bit versions.


MORE INFORMATION

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

~ Vb4Run.exe

Release Date: NOV-25-1998 For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services 



    File Name               Size
    -------------------------------
    Vb40016.dll              913KB
    Vb40032.dll              705KB

Copy these files into the Windows\System directory on the computer where the Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 applications will be run.

If the proper run-time engine is not installed on a system, the following errors occur when you try to run a Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 application:

Windows 95 or Windows 98


Cannot find VB40016.DLL. Windows needs this file to run
C:\Project1.exe
-or-
Cannot find VB40032.DLL. Windows needs this file to run
C:\Project1.exe

Windows NT

Cannot find VB40016.DLL
-or-
Cannot find VB40032.DLL

After clicking the OK button, the follow error displays:
Cannot find file C:\Project1.exe (or one of its components). Check
to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required
libraries are available.

NOTE: The filename that appears in the error message will be application specific.

Vb40016.dll is the run-time engine used by applications developed in Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0 16-bit.

Vb40032.dll is the run-time engine used by applications developed in Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0 32-bit.

In order to successfully run Visual Basic 4.0 applications, one of the preceding run-time files must be installed.


REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q196285 : FILE: VB3Run.exe Run-Time .dll for Visual Basic 3.0 Apps 


Keywords          : kbVBp kbVBp400 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: May 12, 1999