I've been playing Emerald on VBA, and beat the main story. I really want to complete the Hoenn PokeDex to get a Johto starter, but for that I need to be able to trade version-exclusives from Ruby and Sapphire.
So I've been using the latest version of VBA Link (1.8.0.600) to play my ROMs for Ruby and Sapphire. I played far enough into each game to be able to go to the pokemon center and trade pokemon. I opened up one window of VBA with Emerald, and another window of it with Ruby. I deselected "Pause when inactive window" on both, and under the Link menu I selected "Wireless Adapter" on both. In Emerald, I go up to the trade center, they ask me to save, and then I pick whether I want to become the leader or join someone else. But in Ruby, once it asks me to save, I just get a message saying "Please wait. ... ... B Button: Cancel". And it stays that way without progressing.
Whether I pick become leader or join someone else in Emerald, I get the same result in Ruby or Sapphire. The funny thing is, I am able to trade perfectly between FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald. I also remember playing these games a few years ago and I could trade between R/S and Emerald. But for some reason, I currently cannot get Ruby or Sapphire to trade at all. If anyone has any idea how to fix this issue so that I'll be able to trade between my ROMs, I would be very appreciative.
TL;DR: I am unable to trade between Pokemon Emerald and Ruby/Sapphire on my ROMs. I get a message on R/S that says "Please wait. ... ... B Button: Cancel" and doesn't go any further. Any help fixing this would be awesome.