BrewManNH Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 It appears that the MSDN site has given up totally on supporting XP or assisting those that are still on it. If you do a search for any control reference information on MSDN you'll see that almost all mention of XP has been expunged, and Vista is usually listed as the minimum supported client now. I noticed this the other day when looking up the EM_SETCUEBANNER information, and I've seen it on every listview variable/macro I've looked up as well. So, don't be surprised if you see topics with remarks that say such-and-such setting or variable doesn't work on XP because MSDN says it's Vista+. Also, don't be surprised if in the future that some of the Windows APIs drop backwards compatibility for supposedly unsupported clients such as XP. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobius Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) I'm a pc and I find It funny that Microsoft even acknowledges Vista's existence, commercial and physical failure that it was, compared to xp which although old remains one of their few successes. Edited April 9, 2015 by Mobius TheDcoder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedna Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 MSDN hates XP as much as I do You hate XP and I love XP Resources UDF ResourcesEx UDF AutoIt Forum Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czardas Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 XP does what it's meant to do: you just have to run legacy software on it and keep it offline. Win 2000 was good too. operator64 ArrayWorkshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 XP is crap in my opinion, but I understand others like it. Technology has moved on, XP is, or should be, dead. Bury it, say the eulogy, drink a toast to it and embrace the new. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 XP is crap in my opinion, but I understand others like it. Technology has moved on, XP is, or should be, dead. Bury it, say the eulogy, drink a toast to it and embrace the new. Here here!!! UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czardas Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) You must have been using it in a way that was never intended or maybe you had a crap version. I think it's time people stopped messing around with all this bigger, better, faster bloat nonesence and actually do some computations. ^^ Edited April 9, 2015 by czardas minxomat and Mobius 2 operator64 ArrayWorkshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Yes, I was using it on the internet, and with its notable lack of security that probably wasn't the best thing to do with it. Also, my company is still running their POS system on XP in most of our stores until we can replace them all, so I have to relearn how to do things on XP instead of forgetting it and being more productive. I don't think there's anything that I can do in XP that I can't do in Windows 7, I don't have 8 so I can't speak to it. At least in 7 my browsers still work and are being updated. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXTechie Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Hi BrewManNH, Given what you just stated about your company and work environment, I thought you might be interested in this: 95% of bank ATMs face end of security support (March 4, 2014) [CNN Money] Regards, TX Techie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Not surprising, XP support ended a year ago yesterday and people are still using it. In my case, in my company, we're planning on replacing our POS systems with new software and hardware this year, which is why we didn't make a big push to replace it earlier. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators JLogan3o13 Posted April 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 9, 2015 I liked XP, but I see the need to move on. A lot of my customers are in the same boat, with legacy apps. Usually I take one of two approaches: Virtualize or containerize the application, so it runs in its own little bubble independent of the OS. Create an XP VM and ensure it is not given any internet capability. "Profanity is the last vestige of the feeble mind. For the man who cannot express himself forcibly through intellect must do so through shock and awe" - Spencer W. Kimball How to get your question answered on this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Unfortunately it's not a case of incompatibility, it's a case of we have stores in 50+ locations and no field service support. So it comes down to having to ship everything to the stores to get them replaced, which isn't cost effective if we're only going to be replacing it in a year. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czardas Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I partitioned my HD for the time being. If Windows 7 is compromised, then the XP partition can easily be corrupted. Plug and prey! operator64 ArrayWorkshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedna Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) Also, my company is still running their POS system on XP in most of our stores until we can replace them all, so I have to relearn how to do things on XP instead of forgetting it and being more productive. I don't think there's anything that I can do in XP that I can't do in Windows 7, I don't have 8 so I can't speak to it. At least in 7 my browsers still work and are being updated. Pure guy. You (as many others) are victim of Microsoft, who need money for new and new versions of not needed and not wanted systems, so they every 2 years create new version of Windows just to get more money. The most changes in new Windows are to bad. People definitely are not more productive in newer Windows as you said! It's exactly opposite way! I hate all newer Windows after XP. Yes I can stand Windows7 as it's relatively normal but everything other is crap/shit (Vista,Win8). With each new Windows there is so much problems (cripled GUI, cripled compatibility, everything good changed to bad) so developers and users of applications have to solve many redundant tasks. Microsoft does all these changes not for improving OS but only just to have new changed/diferent version to get more money for new sold OS licences. They just synthetically create previous versions obsolete as soon as possible to force people paying for new licences. Edited April 9, 2015 by Zedna czardas and Mobius 2 Resources UDF ResourcesEx UDF AutoIt Forum Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Not to derail this topic any further from its original intent, but Windows XP does not do things better. It does it differently, but far from better. The security in XP is very poor, it was created before there was such widespread hacking and attacks so it wasn't built with a security mindset. Windows 7 and up have corrected many past failures in that respect. Microsoft isn't releasing 10 just to get more money, in fact they're giving it away to anyone that is currently running a modern OS such as 7 and 8 so that argument is just flat out wrong. Also, if you've ever experienced other companies OSs such as Apple, they aren't supporting versions older than 1 or 2 releases back, and some of those are not that old. Linux doesn't offer support to anyone running anything other than the current version for most distributions, or at best the last version prior to the current version. You can pay to have older versions supported, but you won't get it for free. Installing Windows 7 & the beta for 10 (that I have running in a VM) was a painless process, most drivers are supplied out of the box. It's also a very quick install, less than an hour from start to finish if you have the drivers for anything that might be missing. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Only problem with XP is it's security, it was otherwise a fine OS. I think they should open source it. AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minxomat Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 You must have been using it in a way that was never intended or maybe you had a crap version. I think it's time people stopped messing around with all this bigger, better, faster bloat nonesence and actually do some computations. ^^ Apart from the copy&paste system, Windows XP was perfect. I will answer every single PM, and you are free to ask anything anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) XP was good for its time. A solid OS but very dated now Vista was a step into a brave new world, the problem was all the complaints which after 6 months were fixed anyway but the damage was done. 7 was the XP of its time awesome OS 8/8.1 , 7 tweaked and the only real problem was the interface which cost MS a lot of money 10 is looking good so far but still early days. I still hear someone every week in the shop moaning about they are getting messages in XP and have to explain to them that support from all major players is being withdrawn so they have to be serious about considering an upgrade before nothing works in XP. One or Two we convert to Linux Mint if they really dont want to lose the hardware. Its a thirteen year old OS ish and i cant see any reason that you would want to bury you head and not upgrade. Also some suppliers are stopping keeping Win 7 from about a month ago so i wouldnt hesitate to long. Make a move because at some point you wont be able to. Edited April 10, 2015 by Chimaera If Ive just helped you ... miracles do happen. Chimaera CopyRobo() * Hidden Admin Account Enabler * Software Location From Registry * Find Display Resolution * _ChangeServices() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myicq Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 XP and earlier systems may be what they are, with flaws and insecurity etc etc. Some still like them, and why not. I know of industrial systems in my business area that run off Win 3.1, booting from a flash card. What really puzzles me is how Microsoft (and others) feel the need to completely purge the net from documentation. Storage is cheap, so why not have a section dedicated "legacy documentation", containing APIs etc. I know they are eager to have people upgrade, but that does not justify removing apis as I see it. archive.org anyone ? I am just a hobby programmer, and nothing great to publish right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 It's not that the documentation is being removed, it's just that any mention of XP being able to use the function or variable has been removed. EM_SETCUEBANNER is a good example, which is what alerted me to this happening in the first place. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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