* Updated to modern build tools (breaks WinXP support).
This version runs on Windows 7 and later. See http://a2ciderpress.com/ for downloads for the latest version as well as older versions that run on WinXP/Vista and Win98/ME/2K.
I simply don't understand the need to "update to modern build tools" and the needless regression of not supporting Windows XP systems.
(1) I don't have a WinXP system to test on. The last few releases have
been a guessing game as to whether they would actually work, and I'm not comfortable with that.
(2) There have been some modern updates to things like standard file
dialogs that I wasn't able to use in the last major "refresh" because
they didn't exist until Vista or later.
Don't fall for the planned obsolescence game. Please keep Ciderpress real
by making it as compatible as possible with extant systems. Sure, there
might not by many XP users left, but there are really more than you think.
On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 7:09:10 PM UTC-7, Bob Piltz wrote:I appreciate the response, which of course is very decent of you. I know you're between a rock and a hard place. My complaint, if you want to call it that, is more directed toward those who put out build tools and always make new versions imcompatible
I simply don't understand the need to "update to modern build tools" and the needless regression of not supporting Windows XP systems.There are two practical reasons:
(1) I don't have a WinXP system to test on. The last few releases have been a guessing game as to whether they would actually work, and I'm not comfortable with that.
(2) There have been some modern updates to things like standard file dialogs that I wasn't able to use in the last major "refresh" because they didn't exist until Vista or later.
Building for WinXP requires a separate set of tools (v120_xp), and I'd rather not have to deal with those going forward since I doubt they're still maintained.
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