Question

I am looking at an old VB6 ActiveX .dll that has the unattended execution and retained in memory check boxed grayed out. I found out that happens when a form is attached to the project. I removed the form, yet the boxes remain grayed out.

What do I have to do to make them click-able?

Answer 1

I’ve just tried this with a brand new VB6 ActiveX dll project and you’re right that the unattended exectution box is grayed-out after a form is added, but the box is enabled again as soon as the form is removed.

The project was as simple as you can get – a single class and a single form, so I don’t know if there are any other elements in your project that will keep the check box grayed out.

Update:
I’ve just tried this the other way round. I enabled unattended execution to see what I then cannot add to the project. This includes:

• Form
• User Control
• Property Page
• User Document
• Data Report
• Components (Ctrl-T)