Adifo and vista

Adifo and Vista: Announcement by Reinhart De Lille - R&D manager

It has been some time since Microsoft Vista became available on the market.
Since then, Adifo has been testing its entire software portfolio on this new Microsoft Operating System.

Vista is available in several editions. Adifo supports only Home, Business and Ultimate Edition. Windows Vista Basic edition is not supported, since it is intended for home use and multimedia applications. Vista is available for PC’s only, not for servers.

In April 2007, the Windows Edition of BESTMIX® received the logo “Works with Windows VistaTM”.
This was achieved by having BESTMIX® tested in the labs of VeriTest, an independent software company allied to Microsoft and specialized in testing software.
VeriTest confirmed that BESTMIX® runs seamlessly on Windows Vista, following the specifications.

We are pleased to announce that following Adifo products are now supported on Windows Vista:

Product Name	Implementation Requirements	Status
Milas/Arma/Laboras 4	Sun Java Runtime 1.6 should be installed	Supported
Milas/Arma/Laboras/AVH 3	TinyTerm users should upgrade to version 4.53 or higher. Graphical User Interface will work, but customers should upgrade to the latest version.	Supported
Milas/Arma/Laboras 3 Workstation version	This is intended solely for customers running their Milas system on a single workstation. Workstation based installations will not be supported on Windows Vista. For MILAS and LABORAS installations Adifo advises to migrate to Microsoft Windows 2003 Server R2.	Not supported
BESTMIX Windows Feed, Food and Ration	BESTMIX must be upgraded to version 3.08 or 3.09 SQL-Server must be upgraded to version 2005 Service Pack 2, since Microsoft does not support SQL-Server 2000 on Vista.	Supported
BESTMIX (DOS version) (= Niakwa / NPL Platform)	*Niakwa, the supplier of the NPL-development tool has released Niakwa Runtime Revision 5.10.51, which ensures VIsta compliancy. a single user Windows version: Vista is now supported for single user workstation or laptop installations a multi user - Windows server-based version: Vista workstations are supported in this configuration, but the central runtime will require an upgrade to 5.10.51, even when running on Wondows 2003 server. a multi user – Unix / Linux server based - version*: as in this case the application is not running in the local client, the actual Unix Niakwa will continue to work.Remark: it is required that the emulation application is compliant with Windows Vista. Example: TinyTerm version 4.53 (or higher) is required. Where possible, customers should upgrade to BESTMIX Windows 3.11, to ensure full compliancy and profit for productivity and Office integration improvements. Please contact your BESTMIX Consultant or our Helpdesk for more information.	Supported
Bestmix (DOS version), Linux/Unix server	NPL server products are only supported on Windows 2000/2003 Server platforms, SCO Unixware, SCO Openserver and in some limited case Suse Linux. Therefore, migrating your workstation to Vista should not influence the operation of your BESTMIX Application. TinyTerm users should upgrade to version 4.53 or higher.	Supported
APROS Hatchery APROS Broiler Planning (= XBase++ Windows Platform) Other tools used (from Sybase): - Advantage Database Server - Local Database Server - Open Office Gateway (OOG) (see elsewhere)	Alaska Software, the supplier of the *Xbase++* development tool has confirmed Vista Compliancy, starting from Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The APROS applications are also using one of both listed database servers: - the *Advantage Database Server(= ADS)* : is used in multi-user environments starting from 3 users. As this software runs on the server, the Vista-compliancy is not an issue. Remark: when using the *ADS* is temporarily installed on a local PC with Vista (like for testing), version 8.10.02 (or higher) is required. - the Local Database Server (= LDS) : is used in a small multi-user environment or on a single user version and is always running on the local PC. Version 8.10.02 (or higher) of the *Local Database Server* is required on the local PC with Vista. Note: all Alaska installed software on the hardware should be patched up to the latest version.	Supported
APROS Flock management (Fattening pigs, Broilers, Layers, Parent stock, Turkeys, Calves) (= Niakwa / NPL Platform)Other tools used: - Open Office Gateway (OOG) (see elsewhere) APROS Hatchery planning (= Niakwa / NPL Platform) APROS Sows TEA (= Niakwa / NPL Platform)	*Niakwa, the supplier of the NPL-development tool has released Niakwa Runtime Revision 5.10.51, which ensures VIsta compliancy. The Niakwa-environment is available in three configurations: - a single user Windows version: it is expected that the Windows Vista operating system will require a new Niakwa Runtime - a multi user - Windows server based - version: it is expected that the Windows Vista operating system will require a new Niakwa Runtime - a multi user – Unix / Linux server based - version*: as in this case the application is not running in the local client, the actual Unix Niakwa will continue to work. Remark: it is required that the emulation application is compliant with Windows Vista. Example: TinyTerm version 4.53 (or higher) is required.	Supported
Crystal Reports	N/A	Supported
Open Office Gateway (OOG)	A new version of OOG was developed by Adifo, in order to be compliant with Windows Vista. The compliant version is 3.3 (or higher). Remark: this version is also required for running *Office 2007* Customers running Office 2007, using custom written Word or Excel macro’s, should contact Adifo to migrate their templates to Office 2007.	Supported
Account VIew	From version TK4.07 and M4.07 onwards, the link with Account View version 8 is supported	Supported
Delta BLOMS	Has been replaced by BESTMIX B-LOMS 3.09	Not supported
Register Database	All versions	Not supported

If you are planning to buy a new laptop or PC with Vista on it, and you’re running Adifo software, you can contact our system engineering department to assist you in the migration of your applications. Especially customers running the BESTMIX DOS and APROS line of products should do. For this, you can contact Bart Van Den Branden, bart.van.den.branden@adifo.be

Special note: for the customers running webportals based on Adifo Technology, like Apros Varkenshandel, E-Order and E-Invoicing, it’s best to work out a strategy together with Adifo to inform and support your customers using your website. If your customers are migrating to Vista they might run into trouble accessing your website when their configuration is not correct. For more information, please contact Reinhart De Lille, reinhart.de.lille@adifo.be

DISCLAIMER

Adifo has put a lot of effort in testing all it’s applications in the Windows Vista environment, according to testing guidelines of Microsoft itself. Nonetheless, since we can’t test every possible configuration of Vista, we cannot give full guarantees.

You might be running on your PC also 3rd party applications from other software vendors, it is best to contact these parties as well before migrating to Vista, or you can contact our System Engineering Department to assist you in the process.

Author: Bea Van Deynse Updated: 14.04.2008 08:59