We are working in Base Development Mode in our system that was upgraded from 7.5 to 7.6.04 a few months ago. Our train of thought is we have been getting by without Overlays for this long and we have already customized AR System forms using pre-Overlay practices. Other than patches and service packs there really is no benefit to using Overlays. Admittedly we do not have any plans to take this system past 7.6.04 since access is primarily via WUT. Ideally we'll convert the customizations of out of box AR System objects to Overlays but I don't think we'll get to it. As we move in-house apps to our 8.1 system we'll convert to Base and begin using Overlays.
I also worked in Base Mode building a certain conference's Remedy app. I started out in Best Practice Mode but found it too frustrating when encountering issues with the initial release of Overlays. Primarily I wasn't able to create a deployable app (a best practice) using Best Practice mode. There was a deadline to stick to and I didn't have time to mess with new Overly challenges. Now that the app is built, there is support for deployable apps and the server is 8.0 (will be 8.1 within the next week) I am considering converting the app to Custom. One thing that has been a challenge is working in both 7.6.04 Base and 8.0/8.1 Best Practice systems throughout the day. I need to have multiple Dev Studio instances open. I have 3 PCs at my desk so it hasn't been too bad but there are times I want to copy or compare something between different mode servers and have to juggle the modes around in one instance. I suggest definitely figure out which direction you are going to go as an organization and make sure everybody is doing it the same way. Jason On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Shellman, David <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > It seems we have gotten in a pickle with a few of our forms. Looking for > some advice/help with Base Development vs. Best Practice Customization > using Developer Studio on 7.6.04.**** > > ** ** > > We have a number of forms that were developed over the years. The forms > and workflow were all developed in house creating our own internal > applications. Some of these forms go all the way back to AR System version > 3.0.**** > > ** ** > > Move forward to being on version 7.6.04 and we are modifying the forms and > work flow with Developer Studio. For any changes we need to make to any AR > System forms, we make sure that we’re working in Best Practice > Customization to make sure that Overlays are used for future upgrades. ** > ** > > ** ** > > While working on the homegrown apps, we were using Base Development Mode. > It seems that periodically, individuals would be working on the home grown > forms in Best Practice Customization Mode. We are starting to see some of > the forms showing up as Overlays, some of the views have fields that are > shown in Base Development Mode and some fields shown in Best Practice > Customization Mode. To say the least it has become a confusing mess.**** > > ** ** > > So I need to ask, what do others do with home grown forms? Work on them > in Base Development Mode or do you do everything in Best Practice > Customization Mode?**** > > ** ** > > Anyone know of a good way to either convert a mixed form back to Base > Development or switch everything to Best Practice Customization?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance for your opinions.**** > > Dave**** > > ** ** > > *Dave Shellman > *+1 717 810 3687 tel > +1 717 810 2124 fax > [email protected]**** > > **** > > MS 161-043 > PO Box 3608 > Harrisburg, PA 17105-3608**** > > > [image: > http://www.te.com/imagesTE/socialmedia/smallTElogo.gif]<http://www.te.com/> > **** > > **** > > [image: > http://www.te.com/imagesTE/socialmedia/twitter.png]<http://twitter.com/teconnectivity>[image: > http://www.te.com/imagesTE/socialmedia/facebook.png]<http://www.facebook.com/teconnectivity>[image: > http://www.te.com/imagesTE/socialmedia/flickr.png]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/teconnectivity/>[image: > http://www.te.com/imagesTE/socialmedia/linkedin.png]<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1591657>[image: > http://www.te.com/imagesTE/socialmedia/youtube.png]<http://www.youtube.com/teconnectivity> > **** > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
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