| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1809.1 | XtVersionDontCheck | HANNAH::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Wed Nov 29 1989 11:42 | 11 |
| Re: .0
The applications were compiled with a different version of the toolkit than
is in the V5.3 shareable libraries. For example, VTX V4.0 is probably linked
with a version of the DECterm widget, TERMLIB.OLB, that is earlier than the
toolkit shareable library, DECW$DWTLIBSHR.EXE. This shouldn't cause a
problem, but to avoid the warning message the DECterm widget needs to set
XtVersionDontCheck in its class record. It does this in V2 (VMS V5.3), but
earlier versions of the DECterm widget still sets XtVersion.
-- Bob
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| 1809.2 | That's ok with me, but how about customers? | PRIMES::VAUGHN | | Thu Nov 30 1989 11:29 | 7 |
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That seems reasonable to me. I guess the real issue here is that we have
customers running this also, and eventually one of them is going to complain
about it. Is there a way that this can be solved in the field, or does it
require new versions of the various layered products?
mike
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| 1809.3 | To patch or not to patch... | HANNAH::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Thu Nov 30 1989 13:26 | 6 |
| Re: .2
I think it would be possible to patch each .EXE to fix up the widget class
record. That would be up to the developers of the layered products.
-- Bob
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| 1809.4 | Is version mismatch still reality? | PEACHS::BELDIN | | Mon Jan 15 1990 13:57 | 15 |
| >
>Re: .2
>
>I think it would be possible to patch each .EXE to fix up the widget class
>record. That would be up to the developers of the layered products.
>
> -- Bob
Anybody know if SDC 5.3 and DECwindows V2.0 still exhibiting this behaviour?
Are the developers of the layered images going to patch every image or will
there be some sort of maintenance release to address this problem?
Just wondering...
Rick Beldin
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| 1809.5 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Mon Jan 15 1990 14:34 | 4 |
| Yes, it still happens with VMS V5.3. It is the LPs' problem, not VMS. But
the message has been harmless in every instance I have seen.
Steve
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| 1809.6 | | KONING::KONING | NI1D @FN42eq | Tue Jan 16 1990 11:24 | 4 |
| Extraneous messages that make users think there are problems are the
application's problem? Why?
paul
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| 1809.7 | Upward compatibility can't ALWAYS work | 4GL::SCHOELLER | Who's on first? | Wed Jan 17 1990 22:36 | 11 |
| >Extraneous messages that make users think there are problems are the
>application's problem? Why?
Because the applications are out of synch with the RTLs. Though this is mostly
a non-issue there can be some problems (such as the problem with V2.0 of
VAXnotes and the V2 print widget). Whenever such inconsistencies occur (we try
to keep them to a minimum) the layered products have to catch up. There are
still sites within DEC running VMS 4.6 or 4.7 because the ISV products they use
have not (or have only recently) been upgraded to work on VMS 5.n.
Dick
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