Am 14.01.2017 um 17:28 schrieb StephenS:
> On 13/01/2017 2:50 PM, clipka wrote:
> ....
>>> Hm... I'll have to check with Chris whether he also used Visual Studio
>>> 2010 for the beta editor DLLs. (The beta does need its own version of
>>> the DLLs to not interfere with an existing installation of 3.7.0 proper.
>>> Other than that they should be interchangeable, though the beta DLLs
>>> also contain some bugfixes.)
>>
>> Chris just informed me that the editor DLLs have been built with Visual
>> Studio 2015, so they may or may not work on XP. Please do let us know
>> how you're faring.
>>
> On WinVista home premium sp2 64-bit
> All three POV-Ray application files run fine, no problems noted.
> pvengine, pvengine-sse2, pvengine64(default).
> 
> On WinXP sp3 32-bit
> pvengine and pvengine-sse2(default), POV-Ray runs fine, the editor has
> problems opening a file tab.
> 
> From windows_explorer, click-hold-drag drop on editor works, new tab is
> opened.
> Menu/File/recently used list, select, new tab is opened.
> Open icon, select file - open, no new tab is opened.
> Menu/File/Open, select file - open, no new tab is opened.
> 
> Still working through some combinations.

Don't bother -- it doesn't work properly on XP, that's all we need to
know for now. This is (in all likelyhood) not a matter of identifying
and fixing problematic source code, but of choosing the right build
settings (or even the right compiler version).

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