Top "Compatibility" questions

This tag should be used to identify questions regarding compatibility issues, for example between different versions of the same software product or, development kit or library.

Possible to restore a backup of SQL Server 2014 on SQL Server 2012?

I know that you can't (at least not easily) restore a SQL Server 2012 backup on SQL Server 2008. But how does …

sql sql-server sql-server-2012 compatibility sql-server-2014
Is it possible to run a .NET 4.5 app on XP?

First, I have read the following: Connect case VS case and especially this channel9 post So, from the last bullet, …

c# .net .net-4.0 compatibility .net-4.5
IE11 Document mode defaults to IE7. How to reset?

My Internet Explorer 11 on my Windows 8.1 Surface tablet defaults to document mode 7, causing a lot of websites to render wrongly. …

internet-explorer compatibility internet-explorer-11
Uninitialized constant ActiveSupport::Dependencies::Mutex (NameError)

When I want to create a Ruby on Rails project, I get the message below. /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/…

ruby-on-rails rubygems compatibility
Java 32-bit vs 64-bit compatibility

Will Java code built and compiled against a 32-bit JDK into 32-bit byte code work in a 64-bit JVM? Or …

java jvm 64-bit compatibility 32-bit
Logging framework incompatibility

I'm building a small Java app and hoping to use logback for logging. My app has a dependency on an …

java compatibility apache-commons slf4j logback
Fragments onResume from back stack

I'm using the compatibility package to use Fragments with Android 2.2. When using fragments, and adding transitions between them to the …

android android-fragments compatibility android-3.0-honeycomb back-stack
Incompatible magic value 1008813135

I am writing a Java applet and embedding it in a web page. It used to run Mac and Windows …

java applet compatibility
Blob download is not working in IE

I have this in my Angular.js controller that downloads a CSV file: var blob = new Blob([csvContent.join('')], { …

javascript internet-explorer angularjs blob compatibility
Enable WiX project in Visual Studio 2013

I have a VS 2012 solution with WiX Installer projects. However, when I open the solution in VS 2013 (Release) the WiX …

visual-studio-2013 wix compatibility wix3.8