Ok, the Platform SDK documentation, correctly specifies what API's are supported on what Platforms. Windows 2000 and higher, are fully supported, W98 and NT4 have limited support.
Willy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willy Denoyette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Finding out the IP-Address of a PC > The information in some KB articles is rather confusing. > > Q238668 lists the iphlpapi.dll being included with W98 SE, which is the case, but >nowhere they say it's an update of an > existing component on W98. > > Q194507 states: > SP4 updates the API with a new .dll so that applications can communicate to a TCP/IP >stack. > > Q193059 states: > The IP Helper API (IPHLPAPI) is a public API that provides Windows network >configuration and statistics information to > Windows 32-bit applications. The API is available for Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 >and later, and for Windows 98 and > Windows 2000. Not all IP Helper APIs are available for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 >platforms. > > Here they mention W98, but also that not all API's are available on W98 (and NT4), >nowhere they mention which ones > aren't available on W98 (SE?). > > Talking about the "IP Address Class NT4" they say: > > However, most of these APIs are not supported on Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. > > The IP Helper APIs available for Windows NT 4.0 SP 4 are listed below: > GetIpAddrTable: Allows an application to retrieve IP address information > > So it looks like, you will have to look carefully which ones you need and are >supported on W98. > > Willy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Tomiczek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:59 PM > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Finding out the IP-Address of a PC > > > Really? > > Well, then we move up to in98 SE > > > Regards > > Thomas Tomiczek > THONA Consulting Ltd. > (Microsoft MVP C#/.NET) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Willy Denoyette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Montag, 22. April 2002 15:45 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Finding out the IP-Address of a PC > > > Right, I was looking on an old W98 system, and didn't find the IP helper > DLL , but it's there on a Win98 Second Edition. > > Willy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Justin Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 3:21 PM > Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Finding out the IP-Address of a PC > > > > > No, he is right :-) > > > > > > According to my docu: > > > > Which is good. Because the NetSamples.Common.Net classes I mentioned > > use the IP Helper library. > > > > Justin > > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from > > DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at > > http://discuss.develop.com. > > > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, > or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
