msstdfmt.dll 1.0.0 missing error

Question

I was given some old code today that needs to be converted up. I am running win7 64, have VS10,11,12 Ultimate on my machine and just downloaded and installed VS2008 Express. When I try to convert the code I get the error that MSSTDFMT.dll(microsoft Data Formating object libary 1.0.0) is missing. I doubt there is a Vb6 out there for me to install, any one have any idea's of how to convert this?

Answer 1

I recently had a similar issue with one of my VB6 applications.

MSSTDFMT.DLL is not installed by default on Windows Vista/7/8. You will need to get a copy from another system, put it into the local system32 folder and apply regsvr to it.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ms788708.aspx for a maxtrix of VB6 related files that are / are not installed with Vista/7/8.