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  RCX question
 
I am getting a Mindstorms for Christmas (two actually!), and I'm already planning to use Visual Basic for most of my programming. I only have VB 3.0, however. Will that still work, or do I need version 5.0 or higher? Thanks in advance. - John (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  RE: RCX question
 
(...) I don't believe it will work, VB3.0 was back in the .VBX days. You could probably snag a copy of 4.0 pretty cheaply which should have the necessary .DLLs to work. (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  RE: RCX question
 
You need VB 5.0. OCXs, such as the Spirit OCX, are 32 bit. The 32 bit version of VB 4.0 *might* work. Perhaps someone has tried it. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: RCX question
 
VB 4.0 works for me. It is the 32bit professional version. I agree that 3.0 should not work. Sarah Clayton wrote in message <000201be2df9$80dc99...efault>... (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: RCX question
 
In article <F4EEI2.At@lugnet.com>, Michael Gasperi <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes (...) Is it possible to use WIN32S.exe to allow VB3 to call spirit routines? I accept that you cannot put the OCX control onto a form, and therefore cannot use (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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