Hi,

I have to upgrade our data from FM 5.5 to FM7.0.
FM7.0 does convert the old files, but after opening them by FM 7.0, the
graphic quality is less: de fonts are not as sharp as they are in FM 5.5. Is
this normal? Is there a solution?
At the first sight FM 7.0 seems to be nearely the same as the 5.5, what are
the advantages?

Thanks

Yes, unfortunately.
In past I got the same problem, but found a work arround. See:
http://tinyurl.com/98fld

Regards, Léon Obers

Dimi wrote:

You don't say which release of 7 you're using. Font smoothing was an issue
in the original release, corrected to some degree later. I don't recall if
the Font Smoothing preference selection was in the original or not: look
in Edit/Preferences under the General tab. But also get the 7.0v3 updater
and see if that helps.

If you're just looking at a solution as converted, you're not going to see
anything different at all. There's so much that's different, it's hard to
know where to start.

--Conversion to the single file structure was perhaps the biggest thing.
Instead of multiple related files, you can now have a single files with
multiple related tables, and multiple occurrences of a table with
different relationship definitions.

--The data separation model is also a biggie. One can now have the user
interface completely separate from the data. Change the look and feel of
the solution without messing with the data structure.

--Improved security, expanded account and privileges control.

--Changes to the way finds and sorts are specified. You used to have to
manually perform a find or sort, then in a script step you would restore
it. Now, you create the spec right in the script step. I believe you can
still do it the old way if you prefer, but I haven't bothered trying.

--The visual relationship graph. Expanded relationship specs: Equal to,
not equal to, less than, greater than, Cartesian.

--Optional Script Parameters dramatically expand the ability to control
scripts.

--The LET function greatly expands calculation capacity.

--Font formatting functions. Script the color and style of the font in an
individual field.

--The ability to have multiple windows open at once, in the same or
different files. Control the size and position of windows.

--The ability to update matching records on import, not just add new ones.

That's only scratching the surface. There's a lot I haven't thought of,
but I just woke up and the caffeine hasn't kicked in yet.

Matt

Installing V 7.03 did it.
Thanks all.