compatibility

Is Java bytecode compatible within different updates of the same version of Java?

Hello, this question is related to the the other topic discussed here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1266940/is-java-bytecode-compatible-with-different-versions-of-java but in this case would like to know whether compatibility is preserved within the same version but on different updates. For example, is bytecode generate by the com...

Div tag mixed with php code working in Firefox, not in Internet Explorer

I am trying to set a style for the statement inside echo. It works fine in Firefox but not in Internet Explorer. Help me. Any suggestions will be helpful $nav .= "<div class='current'> $page </div>"; $nav .= " <a onclick='showPage(\"".$page."\")'><div class='other'> $page </div></a> "; $prev = "<a class='lin' onclick='showPage(\""...

Best compiled language for Mac OS X and Linux compatibility

We need to write some software that will compile and run on both an Mac OS X server and Ubuntu. We would love to use Objective-C with all of its Cocoa goodness, however the GNUstep implementations of the parts we are using are broken (in the latest Ubuntu package anyway.) In light of this should we use C++ (I would really rather not), C...

iPhone application compatibility, compiled using 3.1 sdk. Can resubmitt binary compiled using 3.0?

Hello I have recently uploaded an application to the app store and it got approved. The issue is the application has been compiled using the 3.1 sdk, and thus is not working on 3.0 devices. Would there be any problems if i resubmitted the application compiled using the 3.0 sdk? (I want to support 3.0 because a lot of people still have no...

Python 2.5 and 2.6 and Numpy compatibility problem

In the computers of our laboratory, which have Python 2.6.2 installed in them, my program, which is an animation of the 2D random walk and diffusion, works perfectly. However, I can't get the exact same program to work on my laptop, which has Python 2.5. By that not working, I mean the animation is screwed; the axis always changes ever...

(aren't web services platform independent?) web service works in .net 2.0+ projects, but not .net 1.1

I've been supplied a web service by a colleague that I tested by creating a quick .net3.5 project. the service exposes a simple method that returns a DataTable and everything works just fine. The production project is .net1.1, though, and I get a runtime error on the line that creates the web service object: The XML element '' from n...

How to check SQL Server Database compatibility after sp_dbcmptlevel is deprecated?

According to BOL (SQL Server Books Online) on sp_dbcmptlevel, This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Do not use this feature in new development work, and modify applications that currently use this feature as soon as possible. Use ALTER DATABASE Compatibility Level instead. Now, the only TSQL way...

Running software built for .NET 3.5 on a system with only .NET 2.0 installed

How far along does software compiled for .NET 3.5 get before crashing on a system that only has .NET 2.0 installed? The application I am developing uses WPF and requires .NET 3.5, but I would like to display a user-friendly dialog (rather than crashing) if the user does not have it installed. Are there any standard ways to do this, or ...

html onchange /onblur compatibility

I am currently writing a web site which must be compatible with all browsers including IE back to version 6. I was wondering about compatibility issues with these two events in particular: I am using them with a input tag with type 'text'. OnBlur OnChange Searching has found mixed responses and an incomplete list. Specifically, the...

Expression blend solutions won't open in Visual studio

Hi I'm a designer. My key tools are Photoshop, Illustrator and Expression Blend. As much as I love the user interaction of Blend I'm finding problems when I open a Visual Studio file in Blend created by the developer. The same goes for the developer as when he tried to open my files it comes up with an error message. I understand Blend ...

Rendering differences between Firefox 3.0 and 3.5

Hi all, I'm working on a large site and starting on browser compatibility next week. Just had a glance in some different browsers to have so idea of whats ahead of me and i noticed differences in FF3.5 vs FF3. The site has been built in FF3.5/IE8. So I'm wondering if there are know issues between the two FF versions? A quick google sea...

How to make Action<param,param2> compatible with event's delegate type?

Given the code below: void LookupBox_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { Action d = delegate { if (!_p.AutoClose) CloseLookupBox(); }; if (this.ParentForm.MdiParent != null) this.ParentForm.MdiParent.Deactivate += delegate { d(); }; else this.ParentForm.Deactivate +...

How do I prevent programmatically the "Program Compatibility Assistant" in Vista (and Windows 7) from appearing?

I develop a C++ program which might use adobe flash, although it is not essential. I use CoCreateInstance to create the flash object, and if it fails, I know flash is not installed so I don't use it. However, in Vista (and I think Windows 7 as well), when flash is not installed, after leaving the application, the "Program Compatibility A...

What the minimum edition of Windows 7 to work with Visual Studio/Asp.net?

With Windows Vista/XP, I needed at minimum the Home Premium edition. In the Home Basic edition of Vista/XP I cannot work with ASP.Net... What the minimum edition of Windows 7 to work with Visual Studio? What the minimum edition of Windows 7 to work with ASP.Net? ...

Cross language C# and Java development

Can you give me some advice on how to best ensure that two applications (one in C#, the other in Java) will be compatible and efficient in exchanging data? Are there any gotchas that you have encountered? The scenario is point to point, one host is a service provider and the other is a service consumer. ...

In the 13 years that Java has been around, are there any specific examples of backward incompatibilities?

It has been thirteen years between the initial public release of Java 1.0 (1996) and the current stable release 1.6.0_16 (2009). During those thirteen years the following notable releases have been made: JDK 1.0 (January, 1996) JDK 1.1 (February, 1997) J2SE 1.2 (December, 1998) J2SE 1.3 (May, 2000) J2SE 1.4 (February, 2002) J2SE 5.0 (...

Axapta v3.0 with SQL 2005?

I managed to find an old Axapta version to practice some programming and learn Axapta a little. The problem is I can't get it started. I had installed SP1-2-3 and started it, it is supposed to create the database. Well it creates some tables then I get a syntax error from SQL Server. I am told even SP1 was enough for SQL 2005. The error ...

Windows: How to create custom appcompat shims (Application Fixes)?

Windows has the capability to apply shims to mis-behaving applications. Shims are used to intercept API calls and change it. For example, shims can be used to: change the incoming paramters lie about the return values change it to call something else The Application Compatibility Tookit has quite a few existing shims you can apply to...

Widescreen check on normal screen

Hi, I work normal screen and I develop some web application. When the application goes on widescreen some of the pages looks weired. Is there any way I can view my web page as it looks in Widescreen on my normal screen. Someway to either change resolution for only IE or is there any way (add-on in IE) that i can change resolution for o...

How to create a VB6 collection object with ATL

or a VB6 - compatible - collection object. The title says it all, here's the background. We provide hooks into our .net products through a set of API's. We need to continue to support customers that call our API's from VB6, so we need to continue supporting VB6 collection objects (simple with VBA.Collection in .net). The problem is s...