XP Compatibility
I recently started going to school for Game Design and we are learning C++ and using Visual Studio to do our program. Right now, we're only doing simple "Hello World" programs or some with a little bit of user input, but nothing fancy. They just run in the console. Well I'm the only one in the class that has Vista, we're suppose to use XP, but Vista's sweet. I was wondering if my simple apps will have any compatibility issues with running on XP. They're simple and dont use any of Vista's sweet features or anything, so they should be backwards compatible, right?
Thanks
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kweicht] at [2007-12-25]
it depends what .NET Framework you are using to develop in. Currently it's .NET 2.0 but Vista will ship with .NET 3.0. If you are using Visual Studio 2005 then yes it should be ok however the rule is, whatever framework version you developed in, the computer to run it on must have that same .NET framework version in order to run it
Hmm, thanks. Does that apply for even trivial programs like "Hello, world!"? Or for subbmitting our work to our teachers, all we do is send them the Project folder minus all the stuff the Visual Studio puts in there. So all they get is a folder with the .sln file and the code etc, and then they build it themselves. there shouldnt be any compatibility issues there, should there be seens as they build it themselves?
even if its a simple hello world program.
If you have visual studio.NET installed then you should be ok. The teachers would be equipped with the tools any way so you dont need to worry about that. As for home use, regardless, if you develop on .NET Framework, you NEED to have the correct .NET Framework version, the version you used to develop the application
