[pdp-discuss] converting pdp++ projects to Emergent

[Brad Aisa]

I would add a couple of points:

1) in moving from pdp++ v3 to Emergent, it is probably best to 
spend a bit of time first with some demo projects and a new 
simple project or two in Emergent, before trying to convert an 
old project. That will give you a feel for how things are done in 
the new system, and will then help you decide the best way to 
convert your environment, scripts, etc.

2) in thinking about moving to the new version, you might ask if 
you can maintain an existing project in the old version for some 
time, until you may not need it anymore, and then make new 
projects in Emergent (of course you can still import old projects 
, to capture the network model, etc., to act as the basis for a 
new project)

3) Please feel free to ask questions about conversions!

Randall C. O'Reilly wrote:
> Oops! I'll fill that in the wiki later tonight.  The quick answer is that you 
> need to remove the units from your project and then just load it, and press 
> the "convert" button at the bottom of the project edit window in the middle 
> panel.  The network and environments should transfer, but the processes 
> don't.  It will import your scripts but likely they won't work due to 
> differences in the processes and stats and environments, etc.
> 
> - Randy
> 
> On Wednesday 22 August 2007 13:34, Hongbin Wang wrote:
>> Thanks Randy. That's great. One quick question (couldn't find an
>> answer yet): How's the backward compatibility (can or how hard will
>> it load old pdp++ projects)? I tried a few but it didn't work. Thanks
>> and best wishes.