Upgrading to FM9 - will this be a problem?

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:15 am
Hi,
I have just received FM9, we are currently using FM8.5 with no problems. Before I attempt any upgrades, I thought I would ask the question if anyone has done this yet and more importantly, can SeedCode Calendar run on FM9?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Paul Fox
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:13 am
Hi there. Running SeedCode Calendar Pro in 9 won't be a problem, though it is always good to ask. Some of our free versions used to test for FM8 in the opening scripts (instead of testing for 8 or higher but that is easily fixed (or you can download fresh copies) and isn't the case in the Pro calendar.

Enjoy!
John Sindelar
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:27 am
John,

It looks like Calendar checks for version 8 or higher but won't allow version 9. When I upgraded to version 9, the opening script kicks me out. I can't download a newer version of Calendar because we have changed things dramatically. How do I correct the scripting to allow for version 9?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:23 am
Some of the older calendars do that; very sorry.

Easy to change, though.

Open the file in 8 or 8.5 and edit the "Upon Opening" script. You'll see the version check at the beginning of the script, the first IF statement of which is...

PatternCount ( Get ( ApplicationVersion ) ; "8...

Change that to...

GetAsNumber ( Substitute ( RightWords ( Get ( ApplicationVersion ) ; 1 ) ; "." ;"" ) ) < 850

That is a bit more complicated than necessary, but it understands international versions of FileMaker, for what that's worth.

Hope that helps!
John Sindelar
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