DMC announcement : Certified for Windows Server 2008 this morning !

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Hi again all,

It seems that a good news does not come along alone these days :)

I am VERY pleased to announce that this morning both my applications (La
Suite Comptable CGF) and Data Management Center were officially approved by
Microsoft as certified for Windows 2008 Server !

I have fougth to try and acheive this for the past two years for Suite
Comptable and again since one month for DMC

A figth ? yes because originally it was impossible to have any Clarion app
certified becuase of too old and deprecated API's being used in the RTF.

Clarion not moving a millimeter in this respect did not help at all so it is
exclusively because of a change in Microsoft's way of testing that this was
possible...

It is true that the brand new Server 2008 OS is a fantastic one : imagine
installing on a very "out of common" machine (dual dual core core hand build
machine supermicro motherboard ATI video card ARECA sata controller etc etc)
a new Microsoft OS and not having a single issue - drivers all found within
the OS installer (excepet the sata controller and video) - no more blue
screens - no more hanging up in the middle of installation ... Bravo M$

I think this is an acheivement for all the Clarion community at the same
time because now we know we can go out there and be "present" like other big
boys

Maybe with more figthing like this, we will soon (NOT trademarked this one)
be able to wave off the "what is Clarion" question when offering our work or
services.....

Thanks again to all who supported and helped all this to become true and
Friedrich with Setup Builder is the leader <BG>

Merci - Thank you

JP

Data Management Center
A tool to help you Transfer - Import - Export your data so easily ....

http://www.dm8.fr

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Hi Jean-Pierre,

You are THE MAN!!! I am really impressed. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

And I am happy that the wise guys at Microsoft have seen the light and
changed the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Certification Requirements. We
had received an internal memo about the plan some month ago, but it's always
good to see it in action. MSI installation is OPTIONAL and no longer
required in their high-end Windows flagship product. That means, the
powerful high-performance native .EXE SetupBuilder installations can be used
now to meet the technical requirements for the Certified for Windows Server
2008 logo.

Thank you, Jean-Pierre!

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

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 6.7
Create Windows Vista ready installations in minutes

-- Official Comodo Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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Merci Friedrich :)

Correct about Setup Builder and moreover, now your product - to my limited
knowledge - is the only one to let us version sign since latest version
released, with the new Microsoft Windows 2008 requirements!! (I'll let you
explain better then I could)

Without this introduced feature in your latest release after our tests, all
this would never have been possible

You can now change your moto to

"point.click.ship.get certified"

<VBG>

JP

Merci - Thank you

JP

Data Management Center
A tool to help you Transfer - Import - Export your data so easily ....

http://www.dm8.fr

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Hi Jean-Pierre,

> Merci Friedrich :)
>
> Correct about Setup Builder and moreover, now your product - to my limited
> knowledge - is the only one to let us version sign since latest version
> released, with the new Microsoft Windows 2008 requirements!! (I'll let
> you explain better then I could)
>
> Without this introduced feature in your latest release after our tests,
> all this would never have been possible

:)

> You can now change your moto to
>
> "point.click.ship.get certified"
>
> <VBG>

It's trademarked now <vbg>. ;-)

Friedrich

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friedrich linder wrote:
> Hi Jean-Pierre,
>
>> Merci Friedrich :)
>>
>> Correct about Setup Builder and moreover, now your product - to my limited
>> knowledge - is the only one to let us version sign since latest version
>> released, with the new Microsoft Windows 2008 requirements!! (I'll let
>> you explain better then I could)
>>
>> Without this introduced feature in your latest release after our tests,
>> all this would never have been possible
>
> :)
>
>> You can now change your moto to
>>
>> "point.click.ship.get certified"
>>

pillage, then burn <g>

Cheers,
Paul

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Hi Jean-Pierre,

>A figth ? yes because originally it was impossible to have any Clarion app
>certified becuase of too old and deprecated API's being used in the RTF.
>
>Clarion not moving a millimeter in this respect did not help at all so it is
>exclusively because of a change in Microsoft's way of testing that this was
>possible...

What, if any, special things did you need to do in Clarion to make it
acceptable for the certification process? I'm 2-3 weeks away from
releasing a beta of a generic developer tool that would be very cool
to get certified on 2008. I believe I got the 2008 stuff in my MSDN
subscription so I would be able to install it for testing. So I'm
very interested to know what steps are required:)

Best regards,

Arnór Baldvinsson
Icetips Creative, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas, USA
www.icetips.com


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