List of superseded APIs

[Paul Martin]

Hi all

Does anyone know of an inclusive list of APIs that were used in earlier
versions of Windows that are no longer compatible with WinXP?

Thanks in advance

Paul Martin
Melbourne, Australia

 

[Peter T]

Hi Paul,

AFAIK backwards compatibility with API's is maintained so I don't think
there would be such a list. But don't take that as definitive.

However calling an API in an earlier Windows OS that was introduced in a
later version can crash the system. I've come across API's in this group
that will do just that, so well worth checking the 'reverse' of your
question.

MSDN Home > MSDN Library > Win32 and COM Development > Development Guides

Windows API > Windows API Reference > Functions by Release

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winprog/win
prog/functions_by_release.asp

I don't know but would not be surprised if there are API's that will only
work in NT.

Regards,
Peter T

 

[Robin Hammond]

Just as an adjunct to that, there are some where MS changes functionality,
ostensibly for "security reasons".

URLDownloadToFile will no longer pull an exe or dll file after a recent
security patch. I have yet to see any documentation on this.

Robin Hammond
www.enhanceddatasystems.com

 

[Paul Martin]

Hi Peter

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. The answer I needed was
at
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...prog/deleted_windows_programming_elements.asp>

MSDN Home > MSDN Library > Win32 and COM Development > Development
Guides > Windows API > Windows API Reference > Compatibility with
16-bit Windows

Regards

Paul