Welcome to the Microsoft® SDK for Java, version 4.0. The SDK for Java is designed to work with the award-winning Microsoft® virtual machine (Microsoft VM) as well as packages, tools, samples, and documentation. See the What's New section for details and for information about the new features and enhancements in this SDK release.
Note Microsoft Application Foundation Classes (AFC) are not included in the SDK for Java. Versions 1.0.2 and 1.1 of AFC, the AWT2AFC tool, and all AFC documentation (in HTML Help format) are now available in the new Microsoft SDK for AFC . AFC samples are included in both the SDK for Java and SDK for AFC. To run the AFC 1.0.2 samples, you must install the SDK for AFC and run AFC 1.0.2.
These release notes include the following topics:
What's New
Known Issues
Deprecated Classes
Microsoft VM Updates
Documentation Updates
End User License Agreement
Redistributable Files
Internationalization Support
Microsoft DirectX
Microsoft DirectAnimation
Microsoft JDBC-ODBC Bridge
Note on product names used in this release: