I think I've mentioned previously that I have no way to build the software
specifically for Windows XP - the only supported versions from Microsoft
are currently Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. And Windows 7 is
running out of extended support *tomorrow*. I will continue to build on 32
bit Windows 7 for as long as I can.
For running from source, the requirements are Python 3.7, PyQt5, pyserial,
numpy and scipy. At least PyQt5 might be difficult to get running on older
versions of Windows, and Python 3.7 is definitely not officially supported.
It's all open source, though, so anyone can have a go at making the
necessary changes.
Running the binaries at least requires a new-ish Microsoft VC++
Redistributable. Installing a very new version of this on Windows XP SP3
might help. But I have no way to test it, and I would trust that anyone who
actually gets it working would support their fellow users of historic
systems in their endeavours ;-)
--
Rune / 5Q5R
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On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 23:37, Alberto I2PHD <i2phd@...> wrote:
Something is escaping me... there are a few reports of persons that are
able to run nanovna-saver under Windows XP SP3 (as I have).
But the API in kernel32 that the program complains to be unable to find,
was introduced in Windows Vista and it is rightfully absent in XP....
Additionally, when started from a DOS box, I receive this message :
Error loading Python DLL 'M:\Temp\_MEI30322\python37.dll
LoadLibrary: The specified procedure could not be found.
Now, going to the Python Web pages, it is clearly stated that Python 3.7
DOES NOT run under Windows XP....
Confused....
Alberto
