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    v4.5 -> v5 conversion

    What is the best way to convert a 4.5 app to 5? I would imagine that the scripting is where most of the problem resides. I have not started yet. I was hoping someone could point me in a logical direction.

    Tom Lyon
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    RE: v4.5 -> v5 conversion

    there should be no need to "convert" a v4.5 app to v5.


    if something that works in v4.5 does not work in v5 we would want to know about that so that we can correct it.

    the design goal on v5 was to ahieve 100% updward compatibility. of course, there is always the possiblity that a user was using some extremely esoteric feature, or that the user was relying on some behavior that was actually a bug, and that we have corrected the bug.

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      #3
      RE: v4.5 -> v5 conversion

      I'm not an expert on this, but my understanding is that all you need to do is open your v4.5 app in v5 and that's it. Of course make a backup first, just in case.

      Russ

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        RE: v4.5 -> v5 conversion

        All of your forms and layouts should open in V5 just as they do in V4.5. However, if you open a form (don't know about other layouts) in design mode and then save it, it will no longer be designable (?) in V4.5. I would not open my live data in V5 just in case. Instead make a copy of your app including the data and open the copy in V5.

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          RE: v4.5 -> v5 conversion

          I guess the question was more of a troubleshooting one. I'm more than willing to correct improper syntax, etc., and was hopeful there was some kind of log I could view that told me in descriptive terms where any problems might lie. I have run into two instances (*only* two, that I can see so far) that might warrant your inspection. I will put something together for you to look at.

          Tom Lyon

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            #6
            RE: v4.5 -> v5 conversion

            My script was failing on
            :controlpanel.left = 1
            :controlpanel.top = 1

            commenting those lines out fixed it.

            The other script error occured upon closing my application. I had been going through some hoops to get Alpha Five to properly close. I removed all of that frivolous code and left *only* :a5.close()..and it worked perfectly. You've certainly fixed that bug well.

            I like the additional right-click menu control available in embedded browses.

            The beta is definitely operating slower. I imagine you have various debugging routines running that will impact speed of operation. I can see this in the trace window.

            Keep up the good work.

            Tom Lyon

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              #7
              RE: v4.5 -> v5 conversion

              Tom,

              One interesting situation I have found working with the beta is that A5V5 will trap errors that are ignored / missed in v4.x. Now, if I am working on an app in A5v4.5, I copy everything to a different directory and open it in V5 and then open every form and run every script. It is surprising the little things it finds. I can then go back into v4.5 and correct the problem in the original copy.

              Selwyn, is correct about the 100% compatibility. The only issues I have had are either bugs still to be fixed (very few) or some quirk (called - poor practice) in the way I was doing something in v4.5 that is easily changed in v5.

              Concerning the speed, when you open a database in v5 for the first time, go to the code editor and open every custom menu and toolbar and resave. V5 uses different methods to build these and resaving will convert them. If you don't, every time a form opens, the menu and toolbar are converted temporarily. Not very efficient or speedy. Once converted, the speed is only slightly slower, depending on the speed and memory of the computer.

              Jerry

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                RE: v4.5 -> v5 conversion

                I notice that I have to go every form - where I have code to go to another form and find the same CLIENT - and open my code and save it again to work.

                I have lots of forms. Is there a way to update all code at one time at one place?

                Tom

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