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From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> If I were a serious dev then I'd probably go searching for the answers to
> this but ...
>
> 1.  Can it be implemented on XP?  XP-SP1?  XP-SP2?

Yes, with 3rd party stuff at least. I already have such a component, although
for the life of me I don't know what the hell to do with it. It just feels so
stupid.


> 2.  Is MS still using the (I'm probably using a poor wording here but
> you'll get the drift) "XP-logo" program (so I'm guessing there's a
> "Vista-logo" program) and will applications need to use the
ribbon to be
> able to use the Vista-logo?

Dunno about that, but the license stuff is a bit bizarre.


> 3.  If I'm still using VB6 and Visual Studio 6 do I need to upgrade those
> tools to use the ribbon?

You can most likely just get a cheap / free 3rd party stuff that looks enough
like the "real" thing. And don't worry, it'll take a while before
this stuff
catches on.


Antti Kurenniemi

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