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compiled in XP but does not work in Win95/98/XP, WHY?
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SemperFiDownUnda
Instructor
As a rule always compile on the lowest version machine.
XP is generally backward compatible....98 could not be forward compatible with OS's they didn't know about when they made it. That said its probably some control you use that is not on 98.
XP is generally backward compatible....98 could not be forward compatible with OS's they didn't know about when they made it. That said its probably some control you use that is not on 98.
>but it doesn't work under win 95/98/Me
Well, that seems to be somewhat of a weak question.
Just what does or doesn't happen? (errors etc).
First of all, is DCom 95/98 installed on those machines and are you distributing the MDAC, if needed by your application?
Secondly, do you have any API calls specific to the NT OS, or even specific to W2000/XP?
Thirdly, you didn't say which installation program you are using. If you are using the P&D wizard, the look in the PDWizard\Redist folder in your VB6 directory to see if the items there are of the same version as your program is actually using.
There are many more things to check for but start with these.
Well, that seems to be somewhat of a weak question.
Just what does or doesn't happen? (errors etc).
First of all, is DCom 95/98 installed on those machines and are you distributing the MDAC, if needed by your application?
Secondly, do you have any API calls specific to the NT OS, or even specific to W2000/XP?
Thirdly, you didn't say which installation program you are using. If you are using the P&D wizard, the look in the PDWizard\Redist folder in your VB6 directory to see if the items there are of the same version as your program is actually using.
There are many more things to check for but start with these.
JustinEzequiel
Programmer
have a look at
"Incompatible Version of the RPC Stub" Error Message
and see if this applies to you
I had this problem once. Have since learned to compile on Win98.
"Incompatible Version of the RPC Stub" Error Message
and see if this applies to you
I had this problem once. Have since learned to compile on Win98.
>Allways compile under the os you are developing for
That's a little too restrictive for me to accept as an option or solution.
This may be a solution if your installation program is trying to install system/protected files, but maybe a better option would be to not ship these and have the client upgrade to the newest OS service pack it things still do not work, or make sure the program you are writing and all of it's dll's and OCX's are first 100% compatible with a lower OS version.
That's a little too restrictive for me to accept as an option or solution.
This may be a solution if your installation program is trying to install system/protected files, but maybe a better option would be to not ship these and have the client upgrade to the newest OS service pack it things still do not work, or make sure the program you are writing and all of it's dll's and OCX's are first 100% compatible with a lower OS version.
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