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Mabje · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: [Delphi] XP vs Vista?

Hello.. I just wondered if there are any difference from coding in XP and coding in Vista? I've only heard there are som installation issues, and some help issues. But rather than that, i have no idea:p

HomerSexual · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

i am pretty sure vista uses the same win32 api. So it should be the same/similar

Flyte · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject:

Depends on if you are using Vista 32 or 64 really.

Dark Byte · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

even if you run vista64, you can still make 32-bit apps that run fine on vista64
There are a few minor graphical bugs though (the thick border can cut off objects/text) and remember that you may need to get administrator rights explicitly. Some functions don't even return a error on failure even when they fail because you needed admin rights) I fixed that in CE by adding a manifest that says it requires admin rights, so pops up a message to allow it when you haven't disabled that notification message already (first thing I always do)

besides that, you can get some extra packages so you can make use of the new visual stuff in vista (e.g glass), or just use the api directly

Of course, if you intend on using 64-bit, then you're currently stuck on using delphi and the .net framework (that idea makes me sick just thinking about it), wait for commodore 64 to come out late 2009, or get freepascal/lazarus 64-bit and code in there.

rapion124 · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:48 am Post subject:

Vista has stronger security. For example, on XP, we could get away with opening a process with PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, but on Vista, you have to specify the specific access masks or it fails if the user isn't admin. I personally prefer programming for Vista x86 because there are more and better APIs.