Developer 5.0 and XP

[GRGenetics]

I have recently upgraded from Windows 98 to XP(Home). My Runtime solutions go together ok under XP but will not open on 98. Is there an easy solution or should I look at 5.5. Filemaker 5.0 and Developer seem to work OK although I get the message for other versions of my runtime that the extension I have want to use is in use.

Thanks in advance, not an expert, just a avid fan.

MAS

[BruceJ]

I did the XP upgrade as well but my runtime solutions work fine on Windoze 98 and 95.

I'm wondering if you might want to try uninstalling developer and then reinstalling it now that you have XP. Also, when you get to choose the three letters for the extension, you might want to try something totally unique rather than the default.

[garhop]

The runtimes I created in Developer 5.0 also work fine under XP Home and Pro. Also work well on Win 95, 98, ME, NT4 and Win 2000.

I started with a clean O/S install and added FMP5.0 and Developer 5.0

Gary

[DykstrL]

If you use the same extension but use a different binding key, or solution name (exe file) the runtimes will not work together, the first one run gets registered and the second one will not register - the OS will try to open the file with the first EXEcutable, but since the binding key is different, it will not be able to open the file.

Files run through Developer with the same binding key, extension and solution (EXE file) name, the files become interchangeable.