Re: XML for Win32

[Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com>]

Thanks for all the good info.  That is a very nice situation.  

Al

David Botton wrote:
> 
> "Al Christians" <achrist@easystreet.com> wrote in message
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> 
> > Speaking of versions, are these controls upward/backward compatible, ie
> > is there any kind of checking that should be done at run-time to make
> > sure that the installed version on the target machine will work with
> > the calls from gnatcom? (Of course, I'm thinking about shipping exe's
> > to unsophisticated users)  This all works so slick and easy that it
> > makes
> > me nervous.
> 
> Part of the idea behind COM was to make things easier, particular with
> versioning. They are upwards and downwards compatable with additional
> features available as additional interfaces, but the same basic set (the DOM
> with some MS extensions) are supported in all versions. I have run the same
> software with out compiling on all versions with no problems.
> 
> > Are there any requirements on the user (run-time) machine for the
> > gnatcom XML components to work?
> 
> It is the Microsoft XML component.  No requirements on the part of GNATCOM
> other than NT service pack 3.0 or greater or 9X or greater.
> 
> >  Is that requiring IE 4 or IE 5?
> 
> MSXML comes with IE4. Although MSXML is not perse dependant on IE4 (the
> other way around is another story).
> 
> > Any versions of Windows that won't work? I assume that the early
> > release of Win95 won't work unless a later version of IE is installed.
> > Is that right?   Anything else that needs to be done to setup the
> > typical user machine, or can I just copy in an exe and it all will
> > work?
> 
> Just make sure they have IE4 or greater and everything should work. On 95
> look at IE4 as a service pack that is required. On NT, IE4 is required for
> the option pack, etc. IE4 or greate should be on the machine.
> 
> David Botton