Thread: XE7 - opening XE6 projects
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In the past, I was advised to create new projects in XE6 and then add the forms and code from XE4. This solved all kinds of issues with Styles.
Is that still good advice for XE7?
I hate to start sharing projects between XE6 and XE7 to later find out I caused myself headaches.
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In the past, I was advised to create new projects in XE6 and then add the forms and code from XE4. This solved all kinds of issues with Styles.
Is that still good advice for XE7?
I hate to start sharing projects between XE6 and XE7 to later find out I caused myself headaches.
I would personally create new projects and bring my stuff in. Usually though, opening older project in newer IDE typically works. Going backwards should be avoided because we introduce new stuff and the old IDE has no idea what the heck it is.
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In the past, I was advised to create new projects in XE6 and then add the forms and code from XE4. This solved all kinds of issues with Styles.
Is that still good advice for XE7?
I hate to start sharing projects between XE6 and XE7 to later find out I caused myself headaches.
I would personally create new projects and bring my stuff in. Usually though, opening older project in newer IDE typically works. Going backwards should be avoided because we introduce new stuff and the old IDE has no idea what the heck it is.
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John Frazier (Embarcadero Newsgroup Admin)
Gotcha, John.
I ended up trying to open a copy of my XE6 project. XE7 mysteriously dropped the main form. Adding that got it running. Then it crapped out when it got to a custom styled control. At least I know it only takes about 45 minutes of tedium to create that style again. |
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My medium sized XE6 project opened okay in XE7. Small issue trying to deploy to iOS however. I'll try creating a new project next and see if that fixes it.
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My medium sized XE6 project opened okay in XE7. Small issue trying to deploy to iOS however. I'll try creating a new project next and see if that fixes it.
When you open old mobile projects specifically in a new version or even if you flip targets around to like Android/iOS... always do a clean for sanity's sake. I have seen and solved a couple of weird behaviors doing a simple clean. I have not had a lot of time on XE7 yet so some of this may have been improved. If you do not know what I am referring to, in Project Manager, right-click your app name and select "clean" to get rid of previous output and force a clean build next time.
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In the past, I was advised to create new projects in XE6 and then add the forms and code from XE4. This solved all kinds of issues with Styles.
Is that still good advice for XE7?
I hate to start sharing projects between XE6 and XE7 to later find out I caused myself headaches.
Ive just had to do exactly this. I rebuilt my XE6 projects (which were previously XE5 and XE4 projects) and they both crashed on Android devices, and misbehaved on the iOS Simulator. So I started a new project, adding in all the icons, paths, etc, and then added the existing units. Now they at least stay up, although one is still misbehaving a little on Android.
I wouldn't mind doing this but I've spent 2 days trying to determine why these projects no longer worked with XE7. If the advice from EMBT was clear that we should start new projects, then I'd have saved a lot of time. |
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See my reply to Eli and try that next time or see if you can spot any reproducible behaviors we may be able to address. I have been watching this casually for a few versions. Solid repros would be awesome if there is any bugs to be squashed.
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John Frazier (Embarcadero Newsgroup Admin)
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