Windows 10 Support?

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Windows 10 Support?

Postby Shaun_H » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:36 pm

Will VPE support for Windows 10 be available shortly after it's release next month? I had tested VPE with Windows 10 Technical Preview earlier back in January and VPE was not supported.
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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby IDEAL Software Support » Fri Jun 19, 2015 4:04 pm

Possible compatibility issues will be fixed soon after a new Windows versions has been officially released. We do not test against non-final releases of Windows.
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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby JudgeTerry » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:47 pm

Has there been any compatibility issues identified with Win-10?

I just ordered a new development machine to test Win-10, just checking to see if there is any known issues. VPE on Win-8 and below has been very stable. I still consider VPE to be the most valuable printing tool on the market. There is no way I would have the quality of documents I do without this great product and its seamless integration with my programming language (Xbase++).

Not a VPE issue; but, has anyone heard anything beyond the rumor level about Microsoft charging developers for the 'right' to run their software under Win-10?
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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby IDEAL Software Support » Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:25 pm

We have tested VPE v7.0 R3 on Windows 10 and have not found any compatibilty issues.
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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby JudgeTerry » Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:11 pm

Ver 7.0 Release 2 (Vpep3270.dll dated 23Oct2014) seems to be working well on Windows 10 so far.
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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby wriedmann » Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:30 am

Hi,

At least VPE 6.1 and VPE 7 (R2) are having a problem in the print preview when a bmp file is printed and application compatibility with Windows 10 is set by the manifest (see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... 85%29.aspx for details).

All my applications are crashing with a GPF in the print preview in this case. If I remove the Windows 10 compatibility, the preview is showed. If I use VPE 4 instead of 6.1 or 7, the preview is also showed without crash. I have not tested VPE 3.x, and also not VPE 5 (never used it in production).

To make the VPE preview crash, you need:
- VPE 6 or VPE 7
- Windows 10 compatibility set by manifest
- print a bitmap (VpePicture)

One of these removed, and the preview will not crash anymore.

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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby IDEAL Software Support » Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:50 am

Crashes when printing are often related to buggy printer drivers. With what printer driver (manufacturer and version) do you experience the problems? Did you try another printer driver? You can also use for a example a driver that prints to PDF, just to cross-check if it is related to your specific driver.

We haven't tested with a Win 10 manifest, will do so. I will post updated information when available.
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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby IDEAL Software Support » Wed Sep 02, 2015 1:08 pm

We used a Win 10 manifest for the calling application and confirm that this causes a crash of VPE on Windows 10.

We are currently working on a new release, which will include a fix.
All registered users will receive a notification e-mail, when the update is available. This will take a few weeks from now.
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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby wriedmann » Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:45 am

Hello Mr. Radde,

thank you very much for confirming this.

I would also be willing to test your fix, if needed. (and, of course, I would also subscribe a software maintenance contract for free updates).

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Re: Windows 10 Support?

Postby IDEAL Software Support » Wed Nov 11, 2015 6:53 pm

This issue has been fixed with VPE v7.10.
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