Ahh I feel kind of stupid. Having reread your original e-mail, it looks like simply the Harbour Project won't run on Win9x anymore, not the .EXE's that Harbour makes.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:08 PM, smu johnson <smujohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually, that part where they won't run in Win9x anymore got me worried. > Do you mean won't run _at all_, or just won't run UNICODE stuff properly. > > We have a few people who use Windows 98 who will use your Harbour compiled > .exe files. If you mean they won't run period, then maybe there could be a > harbour.exe compiler switch? I dunno... Please let me know. > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Viktor Szakáts <harbour...@syenar.hu>wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'd like to gather opinions on switching default Harbour >> Windows builds to UNICODE mode in next major release. >> >> Advantages: >> - Runs more efficiently on NT-class OSes since >> we're using native API instead of ANSI wrappers, >> and the OS-level CP conversion is saved also. >> - Harbour level CP configuration is much easier for GTs. >> - Will run even more efficiently when implementing >> native UNICODE support inside HVM. >> - Some languages can only be supported in UNICODE mode. >> - We're in sync with all Harbour Windows builds and >> also with WinCE builds, which already have UNICODE >> enabled. >> >> Disadvantage: >> - Apps won't run on Win9x OSes anymore. Here there >> exists a solution, unicows lib: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb688166.aspx >> >> Notes: >> - UNICODE is already enabled by default for >> MSVC 2005 and upper, and WinCE. MSVC 2008 >> and upper doesn't even support non-UNICODE >> anymore. >> - non-UNICODE can be enabled for custom Harbour >> builds anytime using build-time option: >> HB_BUILD_UNICODE=no. >> >> Opinions? >> >> Brgds, >> Viktor >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) >> Harbour@harbour-project.org >> http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour >> > > > > -- > smu johnson <smujohn...@gmail.com> > > -- smu johnson <smujohn...@gmail.com>
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