XP troubles?

[ejy]

I have a bunch of programs for Windows 9x systems in which I use API calls. People are asking me if my programs will work if they upgrade to XP? Am I going to have to re-test all of them to see if they work in XP? Anyone having troubles with XP since its release?

[Xa0z]

That's a good question, I'm not sure about this, but I don't think so, 'cause Win XP is based on Win2K (I thought). I'm using Win2k and everything is working fine. The only problem could be the (and that's your point I think) that Win XP uses other dll's then the previous versions. I can't believe that MS would do that, cause that wouldn't stimulate to use Win XP above the other versions (that are way smaller)

[JoshT]

Doesn't XP have compatibilty modes to make it work for programs written on other OSes?

[AutoBot]

All available API calls in Windows 9x will work in XP. And yes you can right click any shortcut or .exe file and run it in compatability mode.

See screenshot :D

[jwatkins79]

xp will do it all :D