Appendix E: API Version Compatibility

This appendix identifies the following compatibility information for the Embedded control methods and callback methods:

• Fully compatible with RealPlayer vesion 5.0 and later
• Obsolete in releases later than RealPlayer 8.x
• Removed from the Netscape and/or ActiveX API sets

Fully Compatible Methods and Callback Methods

The following methods can be used with RealPlayer vesion 5.0 and later. To support all these versions of RealPlayer, your application can issue only these methods, and will receive only these callback methods:

Methods Removed From the ActiveX and Netscape API Sets

The following methods have been removed from the ActiveX and Netscape APIs and are no longer supported. Calls to any of the following functions will be ignored by the Embedded RealPlayer. No new methods have been introduced to the API sets to replace these removed methods..

Obsolete Methods in the ActiveX and Netscape API Sets

The following methods are considered to be obsolete, but may be used depending on your development platform and application requirements. In some instances, new methods have been added to the API sets to replace some of the obsolete methods. When this is the case, it is strongly recommended that you use the new method.

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