Will a VB6 App Using wiaaut.dll work on Windows Vista or 7?

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Published on 2010-04-24T23:37:17Z Indexed on 2010/04/24 23:43 UTC
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I downloaded the Windows Image Acquisition Automation Layer sdk redistributable from Windows and the VB6 app I wrote to capture still images from a DSLR, wia-compliant camera works great on Windows XP.

Will the same app work on Windows Vista or 7? Microsoft says, "Windows Image Acquisition Automation Library v2.0 is only supported on Windows XP with Service Pack 1 installed.", but will the APIs work on newer OSs nonetheless? I really don't want to re-write the whole thing in C++ ...

Is there any other option available to me if I want to keep using VB6 but want to support newer OSs?

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