VB projects and component references

[kinook]

That's really weird. I tried completing removing the filename in the reference to SecondVB in the FirstVB.vbp sample project (Samples\VStudio\orig\Source\FirstVB) like so:

Reference=*\G{287F3C8B-089A-11D4-A442-444553540001}#1.0#0##SecondVB

then registered SecondVB.dll and ThirdVB.ocx (the 2 external references the project has), built FirstVB.vbp from a Make VB6 action, and it built successfully. (It also worked with a bogus filename in the reference line.)

I have no idea why it doesn't work for you. Is the error coming from the VB compiler or the Make VB6 action (check the 'show command-line' checkbox on the Options tab, rebuild, and post the build log)?