Hi,

Does anyone know if 7.0 to 8.0 will be a simple update or yet another rewrite like with 6.0 to 7.0?

I'm just finishing up migrating to 7.0 after holding off for about 6 months (due to seeing 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 appear in the meantime) and as it would require a lot of rewriting en retesting. Now 8.0 is announced, and I am weary that it will require yet another rewrite. Not to mention the fact we wasted some money on getting update licenses for 7.0 that we will use for only 2-3 months (out of which I spent 1 month rewriting).

Please say it aint so...

It's a simple update. You don't need to make any changes to your 7 files for them to work with 8, but once you see all the cool stuff that 8 can do, you'll want to start incorporating that into your solution.

In fact, I am running both on the same shared database from server 7. Doesn't seem to care, except the new user interface features make it apparent that end users will want to update their clients ASAP. Also, don't try Tabs until all are upgraded...makes a mess of layouts for your FM7 clients.