Software Requirements

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This book assumes that you are running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT (with service pack 4 or later), or Windows 2000. Basically, I am assuming that you are running Windows. Unless you're running Windows 2000 (where Active Desktop is enabled by default), some of the components also require that you have installed Internet Explorer 4.0 with the Active Desktop option. Unfortunately, by design, Internet Explorer 5.0 does not give you the option to install Active Desktop. To have IE 5.0 install it if it hasn't been installed by IE 4.0, Microsoft's solution is to uninstall Internet Explorer 5.0 and to reinstall Internet Explorer 4.0, selecting Active Desktop. Then once again install Internet Explorer 5.0. It's painful, but some of the really cool examples in this book (in Chapter 13) just won't work without it.

All the code in this book was developed with Visual Basic 6.0. But VB 5.0 will work, too. It might be handy (but not necessary) to have Visual C++ installed as well. A few of the chapters require access to a resource editor, and the one that comes with this product is really good. Also, Visual C++ contains interface definitions and header files that are an invaluable reference when you are working with COM.

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