On 19 Oct 2003 at 19:23, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (...) > Did you ever find the PE on the web? > It's available like every other PE update before.
Exactly > I suppose it could also be distributed on other ways now, but that's > not up to me to decide. > > > Finally what happens if I run one of your new versions of your > > programs with the old wman? > > Depends on the program. Proper programs should show "PE too old". Indeed. If a program uses new facilities, then it should check that the PE it runs on does indeed have these facilities, or give up if not. The situation isn't too different from what has gone before, most PE programs check at first that the PE is, indeed, there. Now only check the PE version, too. > Others might just show funny windows or crash at worst, depending on > what new functionality they use. > > > If it just displays the old colours then it is backwards compatible? > > No, can't be. I'd nuance that: The new WMAN, more or less, is a superset of the old one, so if you don't make use of any new facilities, yes, then you are backwards compatible. Wolfgang
