INFO: Visual Basic Is Not Supported on Terminal Server 4.0 (196201)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q196201

SUMMARY

Although applications that are written with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 can run on Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Microsoft Visual Basic has not been tested and is not officially supported when running in a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server client session. Therefore, any application that is written with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 is also not officially supported when running in a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 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." Visual Studio 6.0 is supported on Windows 2000 Terminal Server.

The System Requirements for Visual Basic 5.0 are "Microsoft Windows 95 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Service Pack 2 recommended) or later, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51 with Service Pack 5".

MORE INFORMATION

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

Different problems have been reported in this environment. For example, when you attempt to invoke the Help system (either by pressing F1 or by selecting a Help menu item), you will receive the following error message:
Attempting to use an invalid help file

REFERENCES

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

195878 PRB: MSDN Help Cannot Find msdn*.col File on Terminal Server

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/24/2004
Keywords:kbConfig kbDevStudio kbinfo kbServer kbsetup kbSysSettings KB196201
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