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Backward compatibility refers to a software or hardware system that can successfully use interfaces and data from earlier versions of the system.

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Form validation backwards compatible with earlier versions of IE

I know this is an on going concern in IT these days with different versions of IE being used between different machines, but I was wondering if someone might be able to advise me on how to successfully make this code (which works fine for all my…
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Xcode backward compatibility

I have built an app whose target iOS version is iOS 5.1 and my device's version is 6.1.3. However, I cannot make my app run on my device, as I get the following error: "No provisioned iOS devices are available with a compatible iOS version. Connect…
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what are the consequences of using === in pre javascript1.3?

the Strict equal operator only appeared in Javascript1.3 and ECMAscript 3rd edition. the oldest browser i have is IE6, which implements 1.3. So I don't have any practical way to test the outcome of === on those browsers. if I use === what will…
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Assigning value to class method with parameters in C#

I'm working in an assembly in C# that will replace an old DLL registered as COM. That old DLL allowed COM enabled applications (like VB or Perl) or do things like in the following VBS example: dim All_Domains set All_Domains =…
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Renaming a public class in a shipped library

I have a library which has shipped (internally, but still shipped), and I would like to rename a public class within the library. What I would like is a way to make sure that client code keeps on working client code gets a deprecation warning on…
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open intranet URL XP prompts for credentials NTLM compatibility

We have an intranet site on our network which uses NTLM to perform single sign on that works without issues. I wrote a C# application which spawn's an IE window with the site URL. Because the application also installs other applications from a…
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Windows DLL Backwards Compatibility

I am using MS detours 3.0 Express to create a DLL that detours a function of an application. I have used StudPE to enter the dll API and hook it to the application. Everything works fine except for it won't work on windows XP. Windows 7 works fine…
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Backwards compatibility and HTML5 date input - date formatting

So, I'm running into this issue and maybe I'm just not thinking straight, but examples of how sites have handled this would help. I want to use the HTML5 date input - it's nice and smooth. However, I need that date to get eventually put in as a date…
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Compatibility options for Visual Studio project

I'm about to be incorporated to the C# development team in my enterprise. I've been told that currently we're developing for .NET Framework 2.0, so I must stick to VS 2005 features. I have a MSDN subscription and I have VS 2012 installed at my home…
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Backward compatibility issues when migrating to use Jackson with Jersey

I am using Jersey 1.16 for a restful service I provide to my client app. I am trying to move from the default Jersey JSON serializer to use jackson based on this excellent blog…
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Android: App not runnin on Nexus 10 with Jellybean - works fine on older devices

My app targets version 2.2 and seems to run fine on the 3 devices I've tested it on (version 2.2 and 2.3) However, I just ran it on a Google Nexus 10 tablet and the splash screen works OK and takes a touch input to start the next activity (a menu…
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Rotated images in remoteviews

I'm making a battery widget, and to avoid having 20 separate PNG files for the different levels I've got one PNG which I rotate to 20 positions. On Android 3.x+ this is easy, as the ImageView element as a rotate property. For backwards compatibility…
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Automator-generated apps - Backwards compatibility

In my experience apps created with automator on Mountain Lion don't work on a Snow Leopard machine. The opposite isn't true though: apps created with automator on Snow Leopard do work on a Mountain Lion machine. I'm creating a very simple wrapper…
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Can I use Android animations added in API 11 and used later but support say API 8/10 devices?

Might be stupid question due to documentation mention that any API use that isn't supported by the device at runtime will throw an exception but I think worth trying ask, might be a solution for this. I want to target minSDK 8 to say latest 16. But…
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GetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx equivalent for windows XP?

I know that kernel32.dll does not offer this newer function which seems to have a few extras, namely the modification of the color table, is there any way to get the values that are not in CONSOLEBUFFERINFO but are in CONSOLESCREENBUFFERINFOEX…
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