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2005-12-22 11:33:39 AM
delphi119
Hi,
This isn't a program deployment issue as I don't have
BDS2006 yet. From the Datasheet, it states the
minimum requirements for deployment as being Windows
2k(SP4)+ (and all Windows platform renditions
above 2K, ie. 2003 and XP with latest SPs applied).
While it does state the obvious, can one still
deploy to Win98 (provided of course, I am deploying
Win32-based apps, and not .NET stuff)?
Thanks.
Edmund
 

Edmund writes:
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Edmund writes:
My suggestion (please may the wrath of the moderators be kind) would be
download the 30 day trial of vmware
create a win98 guest
zip it up, keep it somewhere safe
download vmplayer, which is free!!
now you can run a win98 environment without worries (you need a license
for win98 btw) and test your app to be sure if you have done something
to break it or not.
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Liz sighed and writes::
the toolbars, then might it then work?
Edmund
 

I agree with your advice, BTW. VMWare is great for this and many other
issues.
But, while we are on the topic, would you go out on a limb and say if your
app runs on Win98 (with various service packs and various versions of IE) on
a VM, you'd warrant it would run fine on everyone's Win 98 PCs with gawd
knows what else they've installed? I guess you'd expect it to.
Lauchlan M
 

has been posted in QC), there is the new OnMouseEnter/Leave events which now
rely on a WinAPI not present in Win98 (at least not where it is in WinXP).
Additionally the Ctl3D stuff has been completely removed; I am not sure if
that would cause problems on Win98.
I would recommend you stick with Delphi 7 for projects which need to be deployed
to Win98. At least for compiling; but OTOH porting new dfms back to Delphi 7 also
causes lots of trouble because of newly published properties.
HTH
 

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"Edmund"
will work in deployment?
 

I've compiled a few things and they ran fine on home.
Ryan

Charles Line writes:
things like the ASP.net stuff that doesnt :)
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Liz the Brit
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