> > Good afternoon. My company, Centocor, is in the process of upgrading > its operating System from Windows 2000 to XP/Vista and its Office 2000 > to Office 2007. They have installed on, I'm not sure how many, some > computers Apache Tomcat, version 5.5. Please answer the following > questions at your earliest convenience: MG>answers prefixed with MG> > > > 1) Is the software compatible with XP? If not, what is the compatible > version and what are the costs involved in upgrading? MG>TC does not have <in>compatibility issues as long as you stay with basic java -jar bootstrap.jar functionality MG>If you are using windows binaries such as jsvc and or Windows installer to execute windows startup binaries MG>(such as windows startup services) which modify registry you will have to resolve each issue on as needed MG>basis More information is available at MG>http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/setup.html > > 2) Is the software compatible with Vista? If not, what is the > compatible version and what are the costs involved in upgrading? MG>As this question has been answered before and I encourage you to read this response MG>http://www.mail-archive.com/users@tomcat.apache.org/msg30394.html MG>unfortunately as Vista is cost prohibitively expensive for the majority of TC developers many of us cannot MG>help you with that specific requirement ..keep in mind MG>Vista is in charge of resources e.g. how Users are created ,who has access to what Folder, Sockets MG>when vista sees an external process (especially Java.exe) it may disallow MG>access to that socket (port 8080 may be blocked by Vista firewall) MG>access to the binaries ..Vista may be disallowing access to java.exe or jspc binaries MG>access to the folder %CATALINA_HOME% may be blocked by Vista MG>the security issues of <That installed .NET Framework> will need to be addressed
> 3) If the software is not independent of Office 2007, is it compatible > with it? If not, what is the compatible version and what are the costs > involved in upgrading? MG>the way TC handles Microsoft Compound Documents such as XLS and DOC files are thru POI Apache interface MG>http://www.apachenews.org/archives/001180.html MG>This common POI interface allows access to HSSF (binary file format, .xls) and XSSF (ooxml file format, .xlsx) MG>i think its safe to assume POI access to legacy .doc Documents and .xls Spreadsheets is assumed MG>in other words read access to POI docs is almost assured..write capability is another matter > 4) If the software is not independent of IE, what versions of it are > compatible? MG>TC by itself is not dependent on any IE version but uses IE for browsing HTML MG>The question you may want to ask is which version MSXML capabilities will I get with MS Office 07? MG>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSXML MG>as you can see you have a choice of only use MXML 5 for Office-07 or use the universally accepted MSXML6 MG>again TC developers use (MSXML) capabilities -generally for XMLHttpRequest transmissions for Ajax MG>but you may want to consult with certified "Microsoft Office" technicians who do these installations day in and MG>day out for any incompatibilities between (a specific version of) IE and (a specific version of) Microsoft Office > > > > > > Thanks, MG>Thanks, > > > > > > > Isabel > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008
