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I have had PBWin for a few days after convincing my boss to get it for me (took only 10 months). I wrote the application to print bar codes for incoming freight at the receiving dock. A colleague wrote the application for the inventory people to scan and record the bar codes as items are taken to the factory floor for actual use. I used PBWin8; he used VB6. I commented on how his application was 3 megs zipped and mine was 46K unzipped. 
I have only made 3 non-trivial programs in VB6, but one advantage of it is how it's quick-n-easy to add a form for your About. Crafting about boxes in DDT for every application seems it would take more time than it's worth, so I am just settling for a MSGBOX right now. I tried searching the files and these forums for an about someone has already done, but came up empty.
So now
would PBWin and DDT allow me to make a about.dll so that I have to write about box code only once? Any cautions to observe while using external DIALOGs?
And as long as we do have PBWin9 and v9 offers greater font capabilities, how should I go about (no pun intended) taking advantage of them so my about box doesn't look like a MSGBOX?
I have only made 3 non-trivial programs in VB6, but one advantage of it is how it's quick-n-easy to add a form for your About. Crafting about boxes in DDT for every application seems it would take more time than it's worth, so I am just settling for a MSGBOX right now. I tried searching the files and these forums for an about someone has already done, but came up empty.
So now
would PBWin and DDT allow me to make a about.dll so that I have to write about box code only once? Any cautions to observe while using external DIALOGs?And as long as we do have PBWin9 and v9 offers greater font capabilities, how should I go about (no pun intended) taking advantage of them so my about box doesn't look like a MSGBOX?
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