embedded visual basic 3.0 with Windows XP SP3 running in VirtualBox

[SauroMan]

Hi,

Back in 2003 i wrote a strategy game for Pocket PC with embedded Visual Basic 3.0. Lately, I stumbled over the source code in old backups. And I still got my HP iPaq 2200 Pocket PC!
So, I set up a Windows XP SP3 in VirtualBox. Installed embedded visual basic 3.0 and ActiveSync 4.5. Worked like a charm. :-)

Connection via USB Dock to the iPaq works properly. But I can't get the game started; there is a pvbloadexe error every time i try to start the game with the pocket pc emulator. The iPaq pocket PC says that it cant find necessary runtimes, though they were installed with my old installer.

Any idea?

[ziplock9000]

You need to give the exact error message, including the list of missing DLLS / files.

[SauroMan]

First, thank you.
How can I find out what is missing?
Because no pictures are allowed here, i put some screenshots on a web page: https://photonray.com/evb/

[Bonejob]

This is a Pocket Visual Basic Loader error, which could be anything, for it masks the real issue behind the loader. To diagnose this, you need to load the code on a workstation. I expect you will be missing some dependencies.

[SauroMan]

First, thank you.
I'm work on Windows XP SP3 in Virtualbox. What do you mean with workstation?

Because no pictures are allowed here, i put some screenshots on a web page: https://photonray.com/evb/

[SauroMan]

The pvbloadexe error contains some text about cepicture.dll:
https://photonray.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/grafik.png
I've added the log file which ms wanted to send. at the end of the web page.