[Framers] transitioning from Frame 7 to 2020

[Jeff Coatsworth]

You should also grab a copy of the FM2020 version and test with it on a non-production machine ahead of time with a copy of your FM7 content to test this all out before committing.
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From: Framers <framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=jonasclub.com at lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of Jeff Coatsworth <Jeff.Coatsworth at jonasclub.com>
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Subject: Re: [Framers] transitioning from Frame 7 to 2020

Pretty sure you don't have to uninstall FM7 to install FM2020.
But - back everything up - save off everything as a .mif for extra insurance.
Because you're in the pre-Unicode threshold (FM8 I think it was), your fonts may be messed up.
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From: Framers <framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=jonasclub.com at lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of Wendy McGovern <wmcgovern at pbi.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2022 2:26 PM
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Subject: [Framers] transitioning from Frame 7 to 2020

Hi, Framers,

We are finally going to bite the bullet and upgrade our nice, stable Frame 7 to the newest version. Theoretically, an old version of Frame should have no problems being opened into the newest version. But I have a feeling there may be problems opening some of our really old files because of old graphics and font problems and other miscellaneous weirdnesses. And IT will probably be upgrading us to the new Acrobat version as well.

>From what I saw of the installation instructions on the internet, you have to uninstall the existing Frame in order to install the new version. So my question is-are there any gotchas to know ahead of time to make sure old Frame 7 files open into the new 2020 version? (I know you list people haven't had such a large gap in versions as we have.) What happens if the new Frame refuses to open a file and we don't have the old version to be able to alter it in some way? Can you change an .fm extension to a .mif extension to try to open it?

I may be worrying too much and it may work just fine; just want to be proactive based on my experience with upgrades screwing up things that used to work.

Wendy

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