Visual J ++

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Visual J ++ is the name for a programming language with which Microsoft implemented the Java programming language , as well as for a corresponding Microsoft development environment . In summary, Visual J ++ is also referred to as a development tool . It offers, among other things, Java applets with ActiveX to provide elements.

history

In December 1995, Microsoft announced that it would buy a license for its Java programming language from its competitor Sun Microsystems . At the beginning of October 1996 Microsoft made its Java implementation officially available under the name Visual J ++. The development environment of the same name could be used under Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 and integrated in Microsoft's Developer Studio development environment. In addition to the usual Java programming, an essential function of the programming language Visual J ++ was to provide or expand Java applets using ActiveX components. As a result, there were also Java applets that could only run under Windows, so that the platform independence of Visual J ++ , which Sun intended for Java, was no longer given. For this reason, Sun brought a civil case against Microsoft in 1998 , accusing the competitor of breach of contract and unfair business practices. In the process, Sun obtained that Microsoft have to modify all of its products that contain Java technology so that they are compatible with Java. Microsoft fulfilled the legal requirements and equipped the Visual Studio , successor to the Developer Studio, in 1999 so that Visual J ++ complies with all Java standards.

In the middle of 2000 Microsoft announced that it would not renew its license for Java, which would have expired in 2001, so that Visual J ++ was no longer included in the new Visual Studio .NET version of Visual Studio .

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