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In the VB6 IDE...

we can compile the project by pressing Ctrl+F5 or by choosing File->Make Exe. Is there any difference between these two procedures? The former one seems to be a bit faster relatively.

What I want to know is "What's difference between these two compilation procedures (if any...) and where should I use the first one and where should I use the second?"

Based on this external post but added here as a question since I didn't find it on SO.

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  • Possible duplicate, answers here (https://stackoverflow.com/a/731187/162313) and here (https://stackoverflow.com/a/667225/162313). – MarkL Apr 09 '18 at 15:22

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VB6 compiles "on demand" by default which is what happens when you do Run > Start (or press just F5). This means that some compile errors won't reveal themselves until they are actually called at runtime - or maybe not at all if you happen to not execute a particular block of code containing an error.

But using Ctrl-F5 or "Start with full compile" causes each and every line of code to be compiled; any potential errors can be revealed and be eliminated this way.

'Make Exe...' causes a full compile followed by writing of the EXE of your project.

You can also set some options before compiling when you use 'Make Exe...' (such as version number).

Paraphrased from here.

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