[MWForum]EX backward compatability?

[Logo Computer Systems Inc.]

>Hi Jeff,
>
>I think i read somewhere in the documentaion that there is no 
>backwards compatability for projects. There is upward progression 
>though.
>
>Cheers
>
>Steve
>
>From: "Jeff Knope"
>Reply-To: mwforum@lists.mathcats.com
>To:
>CC:
>Subject: [MWForum]EX backward compatability?
>Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 07:31:09 -0700
>Hi,
>I am unable to load into MWPro projects created with MWEx. File 
>types .mwx do not appear in the Projects file when in MWPro, but 
>file types .mw2 do appear in the Projects file when in MWEx. When I 
>type a valid .mwx filename in the "Open" field, MWPro hangs.
>Maybe Shawn or somebody can say if this is the way it's supposed to 
>be, or something that will be fixed.


Hello everyone,

hope you all had a good weekend.

Steve's correct about the backwards compatibility thing.  Except for 
2.0 supporting (with some issues) Pro projects, we always go forward 
with project compatibility.  This means that MicroWorlds 2.0 and Pro 
won't recognize projects (.mwx) created with MicroWorlds EX,  whereas 
EX supports both .mw2 and .mwz (compressed) files created with 2.0 
and Pro.   Just so that you know,  a .mwx project is even more 
compressed than a .mwz project.  This new file type means that you 
can now use much larger projects online.

Regards.

Shawn
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