[fpc-devel] Does 3.2.3 still support Windows XP ?

[Marco van de Voort]

Op 6-8-2026 om 16:34 schreef Tomas Hajny via fpc-devel:
>>
>> But, it the IDE code had GetTickCount64 for a long time, and it did 
>> start with fpc 3.2.3 before.
>> So there must have been a method that was called instead?
>
> As far as I can see, IDE itself calls GetTickCount, not GetTickCount64 
> (in particular in whelp.pas). Ditto for FreeVision (in unit Drivers).
>
_which_ getthickcount, since the Sysutils implementation does:


{$IFNDEF HAS_GETTICKCOUNT}
function GetTickCount: LongWord;
begin
   Result := LongWord(GetTickCount64);
end;
{$ENDIF}