Clarion 6.3, SetupBuilder 6 and Vista

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All,

I received more than 80 emails asking if Clarion 6.3 can create Windows
Vista compatible applications.

The answer to this question is: YES! But you have to follow the Vista
application design and installation guidelines. And of course, a
Vista-aware installation system is a must have! You will be lost if your
installer does not support Vista.

We have converted our SetupBuilder product line to a Vista compatible
product. The new SetupBuilder 6 works fine on the latest Windows Vista and
compiles installations that support Vista. We'll do final SetupBuilder 6
compatibility testing on a server farm this weekend (a friend of mine gives
us access to 25 machines running all kind of Vista OS Editions).

--
Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder

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Hello,

1. Do you need Windows Vista to create Windows Vista compatible programs
and/or installation programs?

2. Most people will stick with Windows 2000/XP because the Clarion IDE does
not run on Windows Vista (I believe) because it is a 16-bit IDE.

-Robert

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Hello Robert,

> 1. Do you need Windows Vista to create Windows Vista compatible programs
> and/or installation programs?
>
> 2. Most people will stick with Windows 2000/XP because the Clarion IDE
> does not run on Windows Vista (I believe) because it is a 16-bit IDE.

No, Windows Vista is not required in order to create Vista compatible
programs and/or installation programs!

All my development work is done on Windows XP machines. Vista compatibility
tests are done on two 64-bit AMD machines (one computer is running Vista in
a VMWare session).

Friedrich

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Friedrich,
If our application already if fully compatible with WinXP & Win2003
and if we use your latest SB to create the install, is there any
reason that the application will not run on 32-bit Vista? This is a
C55 application that will be converted to C7 when it comes out.
-- Thanks, Roger Due

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Hi Roger,
Your best bet is simply to test it yourself. You WILL have code signing
issues with your applications under Vista so I would suggest you go to
www.comodo.com and buy a code signing certificate.

--

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Roger,

What Ben said. Code-signing the installer and the application is a must
now! Without code-signing you are completely lost.

We have added a new feature to SetupBuilder 6 Developer Edition that allows
you to automatically code-sign your application files and the installer.
There is also a new option to embed a Vista-aware manifest in your
application file(s). We are already using this feature to make our own
sbuilder.exe (compiled with Clarion 6.3) Vista compatible.

BTW, the only way to make sure your application works fine is to test it on
Vista (Administrator and Standard User! mode). Our own SetupBuilder 6 test
on Vista failed in Standard User mode yesterday evening. And I thought we
were well prepared. But I think we can fix this over the weekend.

Friedrich