Ice 1.2 on Windows 98

[shantanu_k06]

Hi there,

It has been mentioned that Ice 1.2 is not yet supported on Windows 98. I was trying some simple tests on IceJ on Windows 98 and it's working fine. I didn't try any services though.

I was wondering what are the components that are not supported on Windows 98? Can I use it if I don't want the services? Anybody encountered something not working on Win98?

Regards,
Shantanu

[bernard]

Hello,

The next Ice release will support Windows 98.

IceJ 1.2 should work on Windows 98, although we did not test it.

Ice 1.2 is using CriticalSection for the IceUtil::Mutex implementation, and TryEnterCriticalSection is not implemented on Windows 98 ... so you'll run into trouble as soon as Mutex::tryLock() is called.
Also, the Ice 1.2 build system defines UNICODE which causes problem if you build on Windows 2000 or XP and want to run on Windows 98; this is fixed on the current Ice mainline.

Cheers,
Bernard