Operating System compatability

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Most of my users have PCs. I wish they were MACs, but so be it. I develop on a MAC Panther; cross-platform test on XP Pro.

I'm ready to deploy my redeveloped FM6 solution in FM7 after 6 months of re-development. I picked one of my PC users for first app who seems to experience all the sins of my FM6 system. I installed the runtime solution and launched the application. I got no further than 'The support.dll file is linked to missing export NETAPI32.DLL:netApiBuffer Free....'.

Found out that they are on Windows ME. I checked the system requirements for FM7 and found Windows 2000 or XP is required (plus some level of service packs). Not being all that knowledgeable in WIndows, I don't know whether ME and 2000 are the same and whether the application should have worked in the ME environment.

Is my problem simply an incompatible operating system or do I have some problem in my software?

TIA

[Reed]

Windows ME is basically a (slightly) improved version of Windows 98. It is completely different from Windows 2000, and is not supported by v7 (or runtimes generated by FMD v7)

Dana

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Friends don't let friends use ME. For their own sake, I would encourage them to upgrade ASAP! Even a downgrade to 98SE, which will not help you as far as FM7 is concerned, would be better for them to use.

[QuinTech]

Windows ME is perfectly stable. I've had it sitting on my shelf for 5 years and the box hasn't fallen over once.

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Then you are lucky! I've seen it trash computer after computer after computer. We wouldn't put ME on a box here, even if someone held a gun to our heads.

[QuinTech]

It was a joke! Windows ME ... still in the cardboard box ... oh, nevermind. My delivery is all wrong.

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Doh! I thought you meant box as in what we call a terminal. This is what I get for staying up till 5 every night for a week.

Great joke!

[RalphL]

I though it was funny when I read it.

[Lee Smith]

Hi Ralph,

I did too, in fact I LOL just envisioning ME causing all of these problems and not even being installed.

Jerry, there is nothing wrong with your timing. In fact, I laugh pretty hard with this post, and the one you posted to LaRetta thread yesterday. Your description brought to mind the Exorcist for some reason.

Lee