I designed my software to conform with the guidelines however I have not had the time to acquire the equipment to test against the specific requirements using the various Microsoft tools that collect data about the test environment and I think report test passes and failures. In particular, the hardware tests specify that the 1st test computer (for software testing) needs to have Windows XP Home on a single processor computer (see the techical hardware testing document immediately) and the 2nd test computer needs to have a dual-core processor running Windows XP Professional. The hard disk needs to be partitioned into several specific drives with particular letters and sizes. I obtained the Verisign account and Microsoft account last November but am still thinking about how best to do the testing. I think I'll investigate VMWare to see if I can easily set up a virtual machine with the specifications for testing multiple software quickly and efficiently to an initial environment that conforms to the specifications.
Having said that, XP has had a life of many years and Vista is around the corner. The designed for XP program will be replaced by a designed for Vista program at some stage. If you qualify for designed for Vista, this does not mean you qualify for designed for XP, you must test all operating systems that you wish to use to designed for Windows logo and there are various logos. Regards Paul On 3/8/06, Joseph Nastasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone put a REALbasic application through this process? I'm > tempted, but it seems like a unwieldy process, including getting a > Versign account. Maybe in a few months. > > Anyway, I'd appreciate hearing about any experiences on or off list. > > Thanks! > Joe > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
