Discovered the desktop link had magically changed destination (to new_sawmill.exe). Changed it back and now when 6.5.0 starts up I have *no* configs.

*Please* make the migration between versions smoother.

David

Unfortunately it looks like un-6.5.3-ising it is too long to do (assuming I could work out exactly which fields it doesn't like) so I may have to simply rebuild it from scratch.

How about creating a backup of configs *before* updating them ? I know I could have backed it up myself, but I would normally think of this when doing a major upgrade and I didn't reckon this was the case.

Cheers,

David

The problem of auto-converting configurations is more serious. We're moving to a new configuration language in version 7 which should mostly solve this problem, because it won't have to know about every option it sees there-- it if doesn't recognize one, it will be able to just move on without generating an error, as v6 does. This should allow all but the most dramatic rewritings of a file to be "downgraded" and still work with a previous version. For now, however, it's wise to back up LogAnalysisInfo (just make a copy of the whole folder) before an upgrade, in case you run into problems like these.

Thanks for the reply.

I actually installed 6.5.3 on a different machine and copied those files over.

I'm still not exactly clear what the standard upgrade process is. Assume I have 6.5.0 installed and want to install 6.5.3 - do I run the installer to a new directory and then manually copy sawmill.exe and loganalysisinfo over, or do I simply run the installer and point it to the existing install directory and let it 6.5.3-ise my existing configuration file ?

Also, is there any way to provide a list of fields which have been added or modified between the two versions ? This would allow me to manually go in and remove the offending lines. I tried rebuilding the config from scratch, but I had forgotten how long it took me to build it. I think it would be quicker to un6.5.3ise the config than rebuild it.

Thanks,

David

When there are two installations things are slightly more complex, all the new shortcuts Sawmill creates will be to the new install, so depending where you want the shortcuts to go or where they were going will depend on how you set the new install up.

I use many different set ups here for testing and I have found the simplest way to upgrade is to install Sawmill into the default location on C drive and move the sawmill6CL file across to my "real" running directory. Each time I upgrade I simply upgrade the C install.

The start menu short cuts and desktop icons will be pointing at the c:\ install all the time, I just delete the desktop icon and use my existing manually created shortcuts on the desktop to get to the install I need.

Hope this helps.

Graham
Technical Support

support@thesawmill.co.uk