That is exactly what I do. I import my 7.5 created GEDCOM into 8, every three or four months to see if 8 is usable yet. Yesterday was one of those times, and so, I must wait longer.
I really don't like using beta versions, which I consider 8 still to be. Every bug fixed seems to create one or more new ones. Sigh. CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant list names are not bolded > Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:33:50 -0400 > > A better method, if you want to run both 7.0 and 8 in parallel, is to > use 7.0 as your master file and do all your updates in that version. > Each time you want to update your Legacy 8.0 version restore the most > recent 7.0 backup into Legacy 8. That will preserve all your Legacy > specific data structures such as SourceWriter style sources and date > modified etc. which are lost when transferring data between versions > using a GEDCOM. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 15/07/2015 9:38 AM, Michele/Support wrote: > > Jerry, > > You can run both Legacy 7.5 and Legacy 8 at the same time no problem. They > > install into different directories and they don't interfere with each > > other. Having said that, you can't share files between the two. You can > > open Legacy 7 files in 8 but you can't open Legacy 8 files in 7. You will > > have to create a gedcom in Legacy 8 and then import that into 7. > > > > > > Michele > > Technical Support > > [email protected] > > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gerald E Boor [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 8:51 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant list names are not bolded > > > > With all the bugs reported in Legacy 8, how easy will it be to have both > > Legacy 7.5 and Legacy 8 running on the same computer, when both were > > purchased? Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
