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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have been lucky each time I upgraded -
essentially it took around 1 hour to get working with the new
version.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>D5 to BDS206</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>BDS2006 to D2007</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-installed the new version, installed a few generic
components -- have source for all *(see below)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(you need some notes how to do this with
D2006/D2007) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-Copied source to a new folder (kept old folder
just in case)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-altered all the paths in dproj and other files as
needed (have program to do this)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-Started recompiling usually within an hour of
installing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-in every case never needed to open the old IDE
again - Never used the older version ever again for any work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>35 projects and 70 misc test programs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>migrated whole lot each time - no
issues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-Its really not that hard!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-In my case the advantage is I use only VCL for
almost everything, so the VCL upgrades to newer versions with no
issues.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>* (complete list here of installed components, is
pretty minimal but not nothing either</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> FindFile in
'TFindFile\FindFile.pas',<BR> hahFindFiles in
'thahfindfiles\hahFindFiles.pas',<BR> jbclColorButton in
'jbclColorButton.pas',<BR> PgCtrlTree in 'PgCtrlTree.pas',<BR>
CSDBGrid in 'CSDBGrid.pas',<BR> QProgBar in 'QProgBar.pas',<BR>
CalcExpress in 'CalcExpress.pas';</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>probably also KBMemTable</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>)<BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2
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<DIV>John</DIV>
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