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Visual Basic 6.0 MAP File Generation


The Visual Basic 6.0 IDE does not natively support MAP file generation. To enable this, we provide a wrapper for the standard linker.

Setup Instructions:

  • Download the linker wrapper archive.
  • Navigate to your VB6 installation directory (typically `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98`).
  • Rename the existing LINK.EXE to LINK1.EXE.
  • Extract the LINK.EXE from our archive into this folder.

This wrapper intercepts the compilation command and appends the necessary flags to generate a MAP file. The source code for the wrapper is included for transparency.

Visual Basic 6.0 MAP file

Once installed, a MAP file will be generated alongside your EXE/DLL/OCX upon every compilation.

Requirement: Ensure your project is compiled to Native Code, not P-Code.

Visual Basic 6.0 compile application to Native Code

This file is only required during the protection phase. It does NOT need to be included in the program installer file.

 

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