convert version 1 to 2

[Chris Sheffield]

Okay, I'll give that a try. Thanks, Ruslan.

On Jun 28, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Ruslan Zasukhin wrote:

> On 6/28/10 11:21 PM, "Chris Sheffield" <cmsheffield at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
>> Wow, it's been a while since I've done much work with Valentina. So long, in
>> fact, that I don't have much experience at all with the latest version(s) of
>> Valentina. But we (Read Naturally) have a need to convert an older app to use
>> a newer version of Valentina so that we can better support newer hardware
>> (Intel) on the Mac.
> 
> ok
> 
>> So here's my question. We do have a license for Valentina 3.5.3. We just
>> haven't used it. I am trying to take our old Valentina database (1.x) and
>> convert it using the Valentina Studio Convert_1_2 option.
> 
>> I'm using a licensed version of Valentina Studio 3.5.2.
>> Unfortunately, nothing seems to be happening.
> 
>> I select my old .vdb file when asked, but I get no prompt asking
>> where to save to, and no other feedback. No kind of error or anything. Was
>> there a bug that I'm running into? Are we just going to have to upgrade to the
>> latest version in order to fix this? Or am I simply doing something wrong?
>> That database opens just fine in Valentina Studio as a version 1 database. If
>> we do need to get the latest version of Valentina/Valentina Studio, does it
>> still have the ability to convert an older version 1.x database to the latest
>> version?
>> 
>> If anyone can offer any hints, I'd appreciate it. I am currently using v4rev
>> and Revolution 4.0 for development.
> 
> Yes, convert_1_2 was improved constantly  if somebody have found that his db
> was special enough.
> 
> We have drop Convert_1_2  -- I am not sure when. May be 4.5 or 4.3
> Should be mentioned in ChangeLog of mantis.
> 
> If assume that your db is special, I Can recommend first of all download
> latest build with Convert_1_2()
>    try 4.5  if no here such command
>    then 4.3
> 
> 
> And check if that version CAN convert your db
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ruslan Zasukhin
> VP Engineering and New Technology
> Paradigma Software, Inc
> 
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> 
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> 
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Chris Sheffield
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