legacy version ?

[cman]

Can I get a version of Masm32 for Windows Me still? Thanks for any info!

[Vortex]

Required OS Version  The MASM32 SDK requires Win2000 or higher Windows versions. A legacy version will be supplied for earlier Windows versions.

http://masm32.com

[cman]

Thanks for the information Vortex. Does "A legacy version will be supplied for earlier Windows versions" mean a version will be available in the future or that one is already in existence? Not sure about that sentence! :red Thanks!

[jj2007]

Vortex meant that Windows ME came after Win2000, and therefore is OK for the current Masm32 version. Just go ahead and install it.

[cman]

OK , thanks for clarifying that guys! Thanks again!

[cman]

When installing the new package I get a message dialog stating "The INSTALL.EXE file is linked to missing export USER32.DLL:SetLayeredWindowAttributes." Do I have a missing/corrupted DLL file on my machine? Thanks for any info! :U

[hutch--]

cman,

You must be trying to install it on a win9x box where the new version will only install on win2000 and later.

[jj2007]

cman,

You must be trying to install it on a win9x box where the new version will only install on win2000 and later.

Hutch, he installs on Windows ME, which according to Wikipedia appeared some months after Win2000.

[dsouza123]

Remember Windows ME is the last in the line of 95 98 98SE but with better USB support.
NT 2000 XP 2003 are the other line.

So the date of release isn't the issue but the line (code base) the OS is part of.

[jj2007]

Remember Windows ME is the last in the line of 95 98 98SE but with better USB support.
NT 2000 XP 2003 are the other line.

So the date of release isn't the issue but the line (code base) the OS is part of.

That sounds perfectly correct but is not exactly what the manual says:

The MASM32 SDK requires Win2000 or higher Windows versions. A legacy version will be supplied for earlier Windows versions.

So instead of shouting rtfm at cman, a correction of the fm might be a better solution.

[hutch--]

I tend to do this on the basis of the version system for Windows. having never used ME I don't know what its version is but I take the point that it should specify NON WIN9X version of Windows like WIN2000, XP and VISTA. The problem with some of the later OS verification APIs is that they may not run on older versions so i still use GetVersionEx().

[PBrennick]

Hutch,
I thought you also had a bundle, basically a zipped up copy of an installation, available. It sounds like that would work for him.

-- Paul

[hutch--]

Sad t0 say its not that easy, some of the code in the project as installed assumes win2000 and higher. I covered the range from win95b upwards for a long time but its becoming progressively more impossible to do that any longer due to OS version changes. I also ned in some instances to be able to use API functions that were not available in earlier versions.

[BogdanOntanu]

The older Win9x compatible version 9r can still be found on my site:
http://www.oby.ro/masm32/m32v9r_legacy.zip

Theoretically this should be the last version that still works ok on Win9x type of OS.
Warn: It is a .zip "do it yourself" kind of install.

Maybe you could try and mix in some of the new includes from version MASM32 10 at your own risk.

[cman]

OK , thanks everybody!  :U The download BogdanOntanu gave me seems to install correctly. Thanks again! :bg