[iyonix-support] Re: SWI calls

On Tue 28 Nov 2006 (00:46:07 +0100), Martin Wuerthner wrote:
>In message JayCee wrote:

>> So there is no definitive place anyone can go to get a complete
>> listing of SWIs available in RISC OS 5 - surely this makes life very
>> difficult for serious programmers?

>No, because nobody forces you to use all available SWIs. When writing 
>software you need to decide which versions of the OS you want to 
>support anyway. Nowadays, software tends to require at least RISC OS 
>3.5, or maybe 3.6. It is rare for software to *require* RISC OS 4 and 
>even rarer to require anything beyond that.

>If you want to write RISC OS 5 specific software, then the RISC OS 5 
>specific SWIs are well documented on the iyonix.com web site. It is 
>only those added between 3.7 and 4.02 that are difficult to get your 
>hands on.

Are all old SWIs (up to RiscOS 3.5) still valid in RiscOSes 5 and 6?


Tennany Stuart 
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