Support WebCast: Tools and Techniques to Resolve Windows Application Compatibility Issues

Session Summary

During this Support WebCast, we will introduce the Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit, talk about its various parts, and discuss how to use it to quickly resolve Microsoft Windows 2000 application compatibility issues. We will introduce Appfix technology, and then discuss its history, benefits, and limitations. In addition, there will be a detailed exploration of one tool out of the set, QFixApp, which allows temporary implementation of appfixes. Finally, we'll take a look into the future, to see what improvement Microsoft Windows XP will bring to application compatibility issue resolution.

This is a Level 200 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=gp;en-us;webcastlevels&sd=gn) session that was recorded July 24, 2001 and presented by Brian Dowds. Brian Dowds is a Microsoft Visual C++ Developer Support Professional and has been with Microsoft for more than four years. He has spent most of the last two years working with the Windows Compatibility team to help enterprise customers resolve Windows 2000 compatibility issues with their line-of-business applications.

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