| Title: | DECtp Desktop for ACMS |
| Moderator: | UCROW::GIBSON |
| Created: | Mon Sep 24 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 859 |
| Total number of notes: | 3034 |
This is a followup of note 829...
Currently :
ACMS Desktop V2.0 on Win95
16-bit applications using VB4
ACMS VAX V4.0-1
This applciations are running into frequent Win95 resource
problems. Windows expert recommendation is that the applications
should be put onto NT.
Objective is to move to :
ACMS Desktop on NT (NT4 preferred)
16-bit applications for time being, 32-bit in 6-12 months
ACMS VAX V4.0-1 (don't want to do any change to server application
The customer would like to move selected applications over to NT as soon as
possible, but would be really reluctant to make any change to the ACMS
SP. Even simple ACMS upgrade would be met with considerable
resistance. We are considering feasibility of the following as interim
solution, knowing that the customer will upgrade to the "correct"
versions in about a year's time.
Questions :
1. Can ACMS Desktop 2.0 for NT be used on NT4, using VB4 16-bit DLL
and TCP/IP ?
In this case, they'll continue to use ACMS Desktop v2.0. And ACMS
does not need any upgrade.
2. Can ACMS Desktop Gateway 2.3 be used with ACMS 4.0-1 on VAX ?
^^^ ^^^^^
In this case, they'll use have to upgrade to ACMS Desktop V2.3, for
both new NT applications, as well as existing Win95 applications.
Any other suggestion will be most appreciated,
Eddie
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| 842.1 | UCROW::GIBSON | Wed Apr 09 1997 13:28 | 27 | ||
Eddie,
> 1. Can ACMS Desktop 2.0 for NT be used on NT4, using VB4 16-bit DLL
> and TCP/IP ?
I think it can. You will most likey have problems staying with ACMS
Desktop V2.0 when you try and go to 32 bit mode operation. So one plan
would be to run NT 4.0 and 16 bit applications using ACMSDI V2.0, and
upgrade to V2.3 before starting to do the 32 bit port of the application.
The only reason I think the 16 bit would work is that you will not be
using the ACMSDI NT DLL but rather the old V2.0 Windows 16 bit DLL, so
it more a question of how good the NT Windows on Windows emulation is
rather than if the V2.0 product can support NT 4.0.
The only way to know this for sure is for your customer to do the
operational testing using their actual application code.
> 2. Can ACMS Desktop Gateway 2.3 be used with ACMS 4.0-1 on VAX ?
Yes, I don't keep track of ACMS versions, but if that is a version
that is OK with ACMS engineering, it will be fine with the ACMSDI
server.
Regards
Tom
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