Dear Xbase++ community,

As we all know, the numerous technical problems of the Vista platform have 
confronted many software and hardware vendors with an array of unexcpected 
issues. Now this may soon come to an end: On March 18th, 2008 the 
ServicePack #1 for Windows Vista has been "officially" made available.

Alaska Software has been waiting for this step for months as many 
corrections and feature enhancements applied to the Xbase++ 1.9 platform are 
to be tested against Vista SP1. Unfortunately, testing in the past against 
various pre-release versions available has always led to different results, 
forcing us to continue awaiting the availability of Vista SP1 and Windows 
Server 2008.

Actually both platforms Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 introduced 
massive and fundamental changes in almost all technical areas of the 
operating system. Scenarios such as Single User-Desktop applications with 
and without the Aero user interface, network-based multi-user applications 
with and without Opportunistic Locking and the new SMB2 file/print sharing 
protocol had to be validated. In addition, careful testing and verification 
of Terminal Server and/or Remote Application-deployments were carried.

Currently, final validation is on its way; after its completion a first wave 
of Hotfix-Rollups will be released to provide a dedicated update/resolution 
path for specific issues. After that a preview of the Service Level #1 for 
Xbase++ will be made available to our active Subscription customers. And 
shortly thereafter, the final version of the Service Level #1 for Xbase++ 
will be released.

With kind regards,
Alaska Software