Linear Column Gauge measurement form on Visual Basic 6.0

Vis Kataboman · 29 Dec 2023 at 00:45

I have been trying to get help from someone on this.

I am wanting to develop a form GUI on VB 6.0 for a Linear Column Gauge for measurement purposes and statistical process control.
where I can connect a LVDT or Linear Displacement Transducer via RS 232 to read directly and measure in micrometre.

Can someone help me please.

- how do I go about it?
- an example of code in VB 6.0

Thank you in advance.

andshrew · 29 Dec 2023 at 12:46

Is there a reason you want to do this using software from the 1990s?

I'd suggest breaking your search down to simple terms, and you're more likely to have luck finding examples (ie. search "rs232 vb6 example")

Vis Kataboman · 29 Dec 2023 at 18:09

Yes,
its still simple and there is nothing else quite like it.
I've found something on RS232 communications.
That would be helpful.
Now, I need help with Linear Column Gauge form on VB 6.0, where they can measure in microns.
Nay ideas?

malachi · 29 Dec 2023 at 18:16

Vis Kataboman said:
Yes,
its still simple and there is nothing else quite like it.
I've found something on RS232 communications.
That would be helpful.
Now, I need help with Linear Column Gauge form on VB 6.0, where they can measure in microns.
Nay ideas?

Ask your questions here https://chat.openai.com/ might be better

smogsy · 1 Jan 2024 at 11:16

Just FYI i believe later this year @Vis Kataboman VB6.0 is being ripped from WIndows Support, It was meant to be ripped from windows 10 & 11 but so many still used this security nightmare.

i would look into this before you waste your time

Rroff · 1 Jan 2024 at 15:48

smogsy said:
Just FYI i believe later this year @Vis Kataboman VB6.0 is being ripped from WIndows Support, It was meant to be ripped from windows 10 & 11 but so many still used this security nightmare.

i would look into this before you waste your time

Mind you I can't blame anyone for wanting to use older versions of VB - 3 and 6 were excellent for just getting to the point and rapidly creating an application, modern VB is an abortion - might as well use C# which itself is not great, I'm building something in C++ currently and so often you are just left shaking your head at the way interfaces are implemented, etc.

smogsy · 1 Jan 2024 at 15:50

Rroff said:
Mind you I can't blame anyone for wanting to use older versions of VB - 3 and 6 were excellent for just getting to the point and rapidly creating an application, modern VB is an abortion - might as well use C# which itself is not great, I'm building something in C++ currently and so often you are just left shaking your head at the way interfaces are implemented, etc.

yeh VB was good used to haver certs in it, But so dated now Os implementations are meh, I moved to C# and was pretty happy

but then i know, C,C++.C#,Ansible,Python plus many more...

just didnt want some one to waste time working on somthing for a Wu to destory there work

andshrew · 1 Jan 2024 at 17:24

smogsy said:
Just FYI i believe later this year @Vis Kataboman VB6.0 is being ripped from WIndows Support, It was meant to be ripped from windows 10 & 11 but so many still used this security nightmare.

i would look into this before you waste your time

You may be thinking of VBscript which is being depreciated.

VB6 runtime support isn't going anywhere: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/p.../visual-basic-6/visual-basic-6-support-policy

IDE support for developing VB6 in modern Windows is another matter and long since out of support.