How do you install the MMC Snap-In Designer for VB?

[Chris Maguire]

I downloaded the entire Platform SDK, started VB 6, and expected to see "Snap-In"
in the New Project dialog. No dice. What did I do wrong?

Chris

[Klaus H. Probst]

Hi Chris,

Are you sure you installed it? There's a whole bunch of stuff on the PSDK
that is optional -- maybe the snap-in designer is one of those things that
you need to "turn on" during the installation. The designer should be
there -- the old MMC site (http://www.microsoft.com/management/mmc/) has
been taken down now that the designer(s) ship with the PSDK.


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"Chris Maguire" <cmaguire@advanta.com> wrote in message
news:390ddccb$1@news.devx.com...
>
> I downloaded the entire Platform SDK, started VB 6, and expected to see
"Snap-In"
> in the New Project dialog. No dice. What did I do wrong?
>
> Chris

[Klaus H. Probst]

Hi Chris,

Are you sure you installed it? There's a whole bunch of stuff on the PSDK
that is optional -- maybe the snap-in designer is one of those things that
you need to "turn on" during the installation. The designer should be
there -- the old MMC site (http://www.microsoft.com/management/mmc/) has
been taken down now that the designer(s) ship with the PSDK.


--
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.vbbox.com/
http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/

Please post/reply to the newsgroup(s)


"Chris Maguire" <cmaguire@advanta.com> wrote in message
news:390ddccb$1@news.devx.com...
>
> I downloaded the entire Platform SDK, started VB 6, and expected to see
"Snap-In"
> in the New Project dialog. No dice. What did I do wrong?
>
> Chris

[Mattias Sjögren]

Chris,

>I downloaded the entire Platform SDK, started VB 6, and expected to see "Snap-In"
>in the New Project dialog. No dice. What did I do wrong?

First, like Klaus said, make sure you really instaleld it. During the
PSDK Setup, you should select Sample Code | Management Samples |
Microsoft Management Console Samples.

You can also check in the [PSDK]\Bin directory. If the designer is
installed, you should have the files Mssnapd.ocx and Mssnapr.dll
there.

I've also heared that the PSDK might install the Snap-in project
templates in the wrong directory, but I haven't had that problem
myself. You can always search your harddrive for SnapIn.vbp. If you
find it somewhere where it shouldn't be, move it to your
[VB]\Template\Projects directory.


Mattias

____________________________________________
Mattias Sjögren - mattiass @ hem.passagen.se
http://hem.spray.se/mattias.sjogren/
Docendo discimus

[Mattias Sjögren]

Chris,

>I downloaded the entire Platform SDK, started VB 6, and expected to see "Snap-In"
>in the New Project dialog. No dice. What did I do wrong?

First, like Klaus said, make sure you really instaleld it. During the
PSDK Setup, you should select Sample Code | Management Samples |
Microsoft Management Console Samples.

You can also check in the [PSDK]\Bin directory. If the designer is
installed, you should have the files Mssnapd.ocx and Mssnapr.dll
there.

I've also heared that the PSDK might install the Snap-in project
templates in the wrong directory, but I haven't had that problem
myself. You can always search your harddrive for SnapIn.vbp. If you
find it somewhere where it shouldn't be, move it to your
[VB]\Template\Projects directory.


Mattias

____________________________________________
Mattias Sjögren - mattiass @ hem.passagen.se
http://hem.spray.se/mattias.sjogren/
Docendo discimus