To be honest I don't see why you can't just support 3.4.10 - this is a patch release to 3.4.9 if I recall correctly .
I don't recall any issues that prevent people from upgrading from 3.4.9 to 3.4.10. 3.4.10 has been available for quite a while as well. Just my two cents worth... Simon --------------------------------- Simon Verona Director Dealer Management Services Ltd Sent from my iPhone On 24 Feb 2009, at 17:54, "Tony G" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Always great to see your name Richard. I hope all is well. > > Well, I was afraid of this. With some careful manipulation of > registry and environment variables I think I can support both > v3.4.9 and v3.4.10 on a single system. But loading .NET v1.1 SDK > onto a system that already has all of the other higher .NET > releases isn't a good idea. > > Source isn't shipped with our utilities and to my knowledge jBase > doesn't support a way to securely deploy a package with source > that gets injected into the compiler (no MV DBMS does but I > really wish they did!). So we need to deploy object-only and it > looks like our download page simply needs to separate out each > supported jBase release. > > Unless someone has a better idea, I'll reinstall each release > into separate vmWare environments. > > Thanks again, > T > >> From: Richard Kann >> >> Actually 3.4.10 and the earlier releases are different >> object code. I discovered that the hard way. >> >> Richard Kann >> >> Simon Verona wrote: >>> Tony >>> >>> I don't know a great deal about 4.1 so my comments >>> relate to 3.4 only. >>> >>> MingW is included with the 3.4 release as a "free" >>> compiler. I wouldn't use this though, and the >>> preferred option is the Microsoft DotNet compiler >>> (just install the Full DotNet 1.1 SDK available from >>> the Microsoft web site - use 1.1 and not one of the >>> later versions). I believe the release notes state >>> that MingW is not for "production" use (though I could >>> be wrong). >>> >>> I believe that in general the object code produced is >>> compatible with any 3.4 system (though I'm never fully >>> convinced and always ship source code and compile on >>> the target system before automatically deleting it). >>> >>> Beyond that I can't think of anything that would cause >>> you problems - unless you've used some functionality >>> that is specific to 4.1 and not available in 3.4 (but >>> I'm sure that the compiler and some testing would >>> easily identify these). >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Tony G >>> >>> We have requests for NebulaXLite (rich Excel >>> spreadsheets from BASIC) on v3.4 for Windows but the >>> original build was done on v4.1 for Windows. I moved >>> the accounts to the target system and executed >>> UpdateMD. I can see all files and compile programs. >>> It looks like it's ready to go. >>> >>> As expected, LISTF shows some files as type J4, and >>> I'm wondering if there is anything lingering in this >>> environment that might cause grief. I especially >>> don't want to give clients a full account for >>> installation and cause them grief with a v3/4 hybrid. >>> If required I could easily just create accounts in v3, >>> move code over, and not confuse it with anything from >>> v4. >>> >>> The 4.1 system had Java and VC++ but the 3.4 system >>> has no Java but does have mingw. Because of this an >>> error is displayed for %JRELIB% in jDiag, but I think >>> this can be ignored. No? >>> >>> Can I expect object-only code that is generated in >>> this environment to work in any target 3.4 system? >>> Would there be a mingw/VC++ issue? Does it matter if >>> this is 3.4.10 and some targets are 3.4.9? >>> >>> Thank you kindly. >>> >>> Tony Gravagno >>> TG@ nospamNebula-RnD.com >>> Nebula R&D sells mv.NET and other developer utilities > worldwide >>> and provides related development services >>> >>> Many articles of interest to jBase developers: >>> no!spamNebula-RnD.com/blog >>> Enquiries about NebulaXLite for jBase v3,4,5 welcome: >>> removeNebula-RnD.com/products/xlite.htm >>> Visit PickWiki.com ! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please read the posting guidelines at: http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE/web/Posting%20Guidelines IMPORTANT: Type T24: at the start of the subject line for questions specific to Globus/T24 To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
