Re: OfficeXP/2003 to Office2K compatibility

From: Ed (Ed_Millis_at_NOSPAM.Hotmail.com)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 08:25:55 -0700

Jonathan and Oren - I have had MAJOR problems with backwards code
compatibility. See
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=eJt30ejLEHA.556%40tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D2000%2BXP%2Bgroup:*excel*%2Bauthor:Ed%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26scoring%3Dd%26as_drrb%3Db%26as_mind%3D11%26as_minm%3D5%26as_miny%3D2002%26as_maxd%3D11%26as_maxm%3D5%26as_maxy%3D2004%26selm%3DeJt30ejLEHA.556%2540tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl%26rnum%3D2
and posts #33 and #34 of
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=uOqduJ5MEHA.2540%40TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fas_drrb%3Db%26scoring%3Dd%26as_mind%3D11%26as_minm%3D5%26as_miny%3D2002%26as_maxd%3D11%26as_maxm%3D5%26as_maxy%3D2004%26as_q%3D2000%2520XP%26num%3D100%26as_ugroup%3D*vb*%26as_usubject%3D%26as_uauthors%3DEd .
(Whew! Got to be a better way to post these Google search URLs!)

Ed

"Jonathan West" <jwest@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23PaJGafNEHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
> "Oren" <someone@dont.reply> wrote in message
> news:uZD$p%23ZNEHA.3124@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Hi All,
> > I have a VB6 application where I use late binding on a word object.
> > I need to know whether I'm gonna run into any compatibility problems
when
> > using the application on a computer running Office2K. I can't do the
> obvious
> > (which is to install the app on a machine running Office2K) because I
> don't
> > have this version :-)
> > Are there any main issues I should address and if not where can I find a
> > reference to compare the object models of the different versions?
> > Thanx
> > Oren.
>
> The key issue is whether you are making use of any objects and properties
> that are new to Word 2002. There really isn't a way to be sure without
> testing. But you can check the Word VBA Help file, the section "What's new
> in Word 2002" and see whether it lists any features you are using in your
> code.
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Jonathan West - Word MVP
> http://www.multilinker.com
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>

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