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STR #3033
Application: | FLTK Library |
Status: | 1 - Closed w/Resolution |
Priority: | 2 - Low, e.g. a documentation error or undocumented side-effect |
Scope: | 2 - Specific to an operating system |
Subsystem: | Core Library |
Summary: | GetVersionEx deprecated |
Version: | 1.3-current |
Created By: | AnyCPU |
Assigned To: | AlbrechtS |
Fix Version: | 1.3.3 (SVN: v10196) |
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#1 | AnyCPU 13:32 Jan 25, 2014 |
| MSDN: GetVersionEx may be altered or unavailable for releases after Windows 8.1. Instead, use the Version Helper APIs.
Also VerifyVersionInfo can be used as hackish workaround. | |
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#2 | greg.ercolano 10:12 Jan 26, 2014 |
| Seems they want us to use the newer IsWindowsVersionOrGreater(), but this function is only available in Win2k Pro and up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn424964%28v=vs.85%29.aspx """ Minimum supported client -- Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] """
I know we can still run on Windows NT (last I looked about a year or so ago), and although our code mentions win98, not sure if we still support that, but if so, we may have to.
Perhaps we can avoid the call to GetVersionEx() completely by simply defining and using our own "hand" cursor icon?
The code in question:
""" case FL_CURSOR_HAND: { OSVERSIONINFO osvi; // Get the OS version: Windows 98 and 2000 have a standard // hand cursor. memset(&osvi, 0, sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO)); osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO); GetVersionEx(&osvi); if (osvi.dwMajorVersion > 4 || (osvi.dwMajorVersion == 4 && osvi.dwMinorVersion > 0 && osvi.dwPlatformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS)) n = IDC_HAND; else n = IDC_UPARROW; } break; """ | |
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#3 | AnyCPU 13:19 Jan 26, 2014 |
| I think yes, since FLTK is custom drawing UI, so, if it possible, an open source "hand icon" with compatible licence can be used. | |
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#4 | ianmacarthur 15:29 Sep 04, 2014 |
| I doubt Win98 is really an option now - UTF8 and all that...
So if we need to switch to Win2K or later API's, I'd think that would be OK? | |
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#5 | AlbrechtS 05:59 Sep 06, 2014 |
| I wouldn't mind raising the Windows OS requirements to Windows 2000 and later.
That said, now that we have all this new cursor stuff, wouldn't it be easy to use a built-in cursor image? As AnyCPU suggested, there's maybe an open source/open license image available.
Does someone know such an image with a compatible license that would fit (in style and such)? | |
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#6 | AnyCPU 10:23 Sep 09, 2014 |
| I think google knows ;) First icons in google search come with CC Attribution licence. Some modifications can be applied quickly if needed. | |
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#7 | AlbrechtS 17:17 Sep 01, 2016 |
| Fixed in Subversion repository.
This issue has been fixed meanwhile in svn r10196 in an unrelated STR, see: http://www.fltk.org/str.php?L2660 .
Date: Mon Jun 16 11:17:57 2014 +0000
GetVersionEx is no longer used in FLTK.
Closing this STR now. | |
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