Errata for OLE 2.0 and DDE Distilled

Here are some known issues with the code for Steal This Code:

1. The executable files require Borland C++ 4.0 (or at least the run-time DLLs). If you don't have these, don't worry. Just recompile the source.
2. The install program checks explicitly for Windows 3.1 since the examples may require minor changes for Windows NT. However, Windows 95 works fine except the installer refuses to run. To download a new version of the installer that will allow you to install regardless of the operating system, click here: {Download Updated Installer} (about 28K)
3. In spite of anything you might have read in Ron Burke's review in Windows/DOS Developer's Journal, you are free to use any code in this book. The copyright restriction is intended to prevent people from distributing the source code as a unit. In other words, you can't slap a new sticker on the disk and sell it as Frank's OLE Toolkit. You can however, distribute object code or parts of the source as part of a larger product. This is common in the book business, and we were surprised that Ron had not seen this kind of copyright notice before. After the review was in print we cleared this up with Ron, but I don't think a retraction ever ran in the magazine. On the other hand, Ron liked the clarity of the explanations and the way the book quickly gets you writing OLE code, so I can't be too mad at him.