The 2.7 format is different, so 2.6 won't read a stack created in
2.7. Chipp created a plugin (for 2.7) to go back to the previous version:
As many of you have read, the file formats are no longer backwards
compatible with the new 2.7. Thoughtfully, RunRev provided many of us beta
testers with a way to force a stack to revert back to an old file format
using an undocumented and unsupported global property.
This of course is fraught with potential problems. If you use a newly
introduced token in a script, chances are your new stacks would break when
opening in a previous version even when using this plugin.
But, if you're like me, and you have to go 'back and forth' (for instance
our plugins must work in both environments), you really need to be able to
do this. So, I wrote this plugin and thought I'd share it with the community.
I'm not sure the reason why RR won't publish the global property to make
this possible. But, in the meantime, I've written a plugin, which you can
place in your 2.7 plugins folder, which will do this. I've password
protected the stack so that Rev's secret global prop is still secret, and
of course I provide no warranties it will work all the time, but it can be
a lifesaver if you're toggling back and forth between apps.
I also recommend using our altArchive plugin as well to maintain
serialilze archived versions of your stack each time you save.
To get the StackFormat plugin, just type into your 2.7 message box and hit
return the following:
go URL "http://www.gadgetplugins.com/altplugins/StackFormat.rev";
At 05:39 PM 2/21/2006, you wrote:
So here I was, playing with my newly downloaded copy of 2.7.
Stupidly, I used it to open the latest version of a very complex project
on which I have been working on a long time, and for which I haven't made
a recent backup.
The mainstack opens up with only a few visual anomalies, but after closing
it, it refuses to open in 2.6.1, telling me that the stack is corrupted
and to try the backup. Nor will it run in the 2.6 Player.
Interestingly (or perversely if you view it that way), the stack WILL
reopen in 2.7, but with the same few visual anomalies.
But even a copy "saved as" will not open in 2.6.1, where I really need to
continue the project.
Has anybody experienced this, and is there any way to get back to where I
can use the stack in 2.6.1?
A positive solution will save me MANY hours of additional work, and would
really be appreciated.
I'm on a Mac Powerbook G4, running 10.3.9
Thanks in advance,
Alan Gayne
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