INFO: Visual Basic Is Not Supported on Terminal Server

ID: Q196201

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Visual Basic has not been tested and is not officially supported when running in a Microsoft Windows-based Terminal Server client session.

The System Requirements for Visual Basic 6.0 are "Microsoft Windows 95 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or later."

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Windows-based Terminal Server is a product that enables the Microsoft Windows NT Server, version 4.0 operating system to act as a terminal server for multiple, simultaneous client sessions. Although Microsoft Visual Basic may successfully install and run in a Terminal Server client, the behavior of the Visual Basic IDE (Integrated Development Environment) in this environment is not guaranteed. Windows-based Terminal Server is not an officially supported platform for the Visual Basic product.

Of the known issues, attempting to invoke the Help system (either by pressing F1 or by select a Help menu item) in Visual Basic while running under a Microsoft Windows-based Terminal Server client session, the following error will be received:

Attempting to use an invalid help file

REFERENCES

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

Q194776 : HOWTO: Install a Visual Basic Application on Terminal Server


Keywords          : kbsetup kbConfig kbNTOS kbServer kbSysSettings kbVBp600 kbDevStudio 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: May 12, 1999