Release Info
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Note: This release is the full Platform SDK for x86 development that
was supposed to be available on Microsoft's MSDN site, but due to broken
links and poor distribution was not.

Details
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The Microsoft® Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) - January 1998
Edition provides developers with a single, easy-to-use location from
which to download current and emerging Microsoft technologies and includes
tools, headers, libs, and sample code for these techhnologies. The Platform
SDK is the successor to the Win32 SDK, and includes components that have
been distributed separately in the Win32 SDK, the BackOffice SDK, the
ActiveX/Internet Client SDK, and the DirectX SDK, and continues to integrate
additional SDKs on a regular basis.

This edition targets development for the Microsoft® Windows NT® version 4.0
and 5.0 and Windows® 95 and Windows® 98 operating systems, the BackOffice
family of products version 2.5, and Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 3.x
and 4.x. The Platform SDK maintains support for current versions of the
operating systems as new versions are added.

Installation Notes
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You need to first install the Platform SDK build environment (iBldEnv.EXE).
Then you can add any extra components you wish.

Included Components
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Build Environment
COM
Distributed Services
Internet, Intranet, and Extranet Services
Component Library
Java Samples
Messaging
Networking
Multimedia Services
DirectX 5 Foundation
DirectX Media
Database
Setup and Systems Management Services
User Interface Services
Windows Base Services
WinDbg Debugger
Tools
Additional SDK Components

System Requirements
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Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows NT 5.0 and a compiler
for 32-bit programs, such as the Microsoft Visual C++ development system
version 5.0.




