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[Nov-10-2012 12:09] Upgrade from 3.1 to 5.1 (Mike Casaus)
- [Nov-10-2012 18:18] Re: Upgrade from 3.1 to 5.1 (Peter Kwan)
  - [Nov-11-2012 00:15] Re: Upgrade from 3.1 to 5.1 (Mike Casaus)

Upgrade from 3.1 to 5.1
Posted by Mike Casaus on Nov-10-2012 12:09	\| Reply \| Monitor
I am going to upgrade from 3.1 COM version to 5.1 COM. So do I simply uninstall 3.1 and install 5.1 on the WINDOWS 2008 R2 server and will the existing charts work until I can re-code them using the new methods?

Re: Upgrade from 3.1 to 5.1

Posted by Peter Kwan on Nov-10-2012 18:18

Hi Mike,

ChartDirector is designed to be code compatible. It means existing code will continue to work. However, in some cases, the charts produced may look different. For example, the text is anti-aliased differently. The side surface of a 3D pie chart will now have shading effects. The lighting effects or the cylindrial bar will be different. Square icons in the legend box now have a border (so that even white icons are visible on a white background).

In the release notes archive "http://www.advsofteng.com/release.html", you may look at the release notes for each of the version, and notice the "Behaviour Changes" section to see the behaviour changes.

Regards
Peter Kwan

Re: Upgrade from 3.1 to 5.1
Posted by Mike Casaus on Nov-11-2012 00:15	\| Reply \| Monitor
Great! Thanks for your prompt reply.