For those of you that are wondering about Windows 7 support of the aging
Witango 5.5 code, I did some tests over the weekend and found that it seemed
to work OK.
 
My test system is an older Pentium 4 based computer. I am running Windows 7
Professional RTM in 32-bit mode.
 
I downloaded the Witango 5.5 for Windows installers directly from
www.witango.com (5.5.8 and 5.5.20)
 
In both cases, the only real issue I had was that I needed to execute the
installer in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode.
 
The studio seems to run fine. I have not spent a lot of time programming
with it, but I did already notice a few graphical and interaction problems
as you might expect since the studio is using very old Windows calls. I was
able to load an ODBC data source. I did not attempt to load COM objects.
 
The server also installed without a problem, including adding the service to
the system. Windows 7 uses IIS 7.5 which is very different from IIS 6 in
terms of configuration. The Witango 5.5 client ISAPI plug-in is compatible
with IIS 7.5s ISAPI module and worked without issue. I did have to setup the
module mappings manually.
 
Modifying the configuration files can not be done as a user, so I suggest
installing the server as Administrator. The studio should be installed as
the user that will use it.
 
So far, I've only had a few minutes working in the studio and using the
server - so may not have run into a show-stopper yet. I don't plan to use
this test system in day-to-day, but I will report my findings as I get to
use it more.
 
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.
 
Robert


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