Subsystem Version Numbers

Windows 95 and Windows 98 support applications that have a subsystem version number of either 3.x or 4.0. You set an application's subsystem version number by using the linker.

The following topics describe how Windows 95/98 treats applications differently based on their subsystem version numbers. This information is intended to help you identify areas in an application written for Windows version 3.x that you must revise to take advantage of new features.

• Window Management Differences
• Dialog Box Differences
• Button Differences
• Edit Control Differences
• List Box Differences
• Combo Box Differences
• Menu Differences
• System Bitmap and Color Differences
• System Metrics Differences
• Parameter Validation Differences