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From: Martin Gainty <mgainty@hotmail.com>
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Subject: RE: XP/Vista/Office 2007/IE Compatibility Question
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:45:01 -0400
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> Good afternoon. My company=2C Centocor=2C is in the process of upgrading=
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> its operating System from Windows 2000 to XP/Vista and its Office 2000=20
> to Office 2007. They have installed on=2C I'm not sure how many=2C some=20
> computers Apache Tomcat=2C version 5.5. Please answer the following=20
> questions at your earliest convenience:
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> 1) Is the software compatible with XP? If not=2C what is the compatible=20
> version and what are the costs involved in upgrading?
MG>TC does not have <in>compatibility issues as long as you stay with basic=
 java -jar bootstrap.jar functionality
MG>If you are using windows binaries such as jsvc and or Windows installer =
to execute windows startup binaries MG>(such as windows startup services) w=
hich modify registry you will have to resolve each issue on as needed MG>ba=
sis More information is available at
MG>http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/setup.html
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> 2) Is the software compatible with Vista? If not=2C what is the=20
> compatible version and what are the costs involved in upgrading?
MG>As this question has been answered before and I encourage you to read th=
is response
MG>http://www.mail-archive.com/users@tomcat.apache.org/msg30394.html
MG>unfortunately as Vista is cost prohibitively expensive for the majority =
of TC developers many of us cannot
MG>help you with that specific requirement ..keep in mind
MG>Vista is in charge of resources e.g. how Users are created =2Cwho has ac=
cess to what Folder=2C Sockets
MG>when vista sees an external process (especially Java.exe) it may disallo=
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MG>access to that socket (port 8080 may be blocked by Vista firewall)
MG>access to the binaries ..Vista may be disallowing access to java.exe or =
jspc binaries
MG>access to the folder %CATALINA_HOME% may be blocked by Vista
MG>the security issues of <That installed .NET Framework> will need to be a=
ddressed

> 3) If the software is not independent of Office 2007=2C is it compatible=
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> with it? If not=2C what is the compatible version and what are the costs=
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> involved in upgrading?
MG>the way TC handles Microsoft Compound Documents such as XLS and DOC file=
s are thru POI Apache interface
MG>http://www.apachenews.org/archives/001180.html
MG>This common POI interface allows access to HSSF (binary file format=2C .=
xls) and XSSF (ooxml file format=2C .xlsx)
MG>i think its safe to assume POI access to legacy .doc Documents and .xls =
Spreadsheets is assumed
MG>in other words read access to POI docs is almost assured..write capabili=
ty is another matter

> 4) If the software is not independent of IE=2C what versions of it are=20
> compatible?
MG>TC by itself is not dependent on any IE version but uses IE for browsing=
 HTML=20
MG>The question you may want to ask is which version MSXML capabilities wil=
l I get with MS Office 07?
MG>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSXML
MG>as you can see you have a choice of only use MXML 5 for Office-07 or use=
 the universally accepted MSXML6
MG>again TC developers use (MSXML) capabilities -generally for XMLHttpReque=
st transmissions for Ajax
MG>but you may want to consult with certified "Microsoft Office" technician=
s who do these installations day in and MG>day out for any incompatibilitie=
s between (a specific version of) IE and (a specific version of) Microsoft =
Office

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