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Upgrade from Studio 2011 to 2017 - backward compatibility

Hendarto Setiadi

Hello,

I plan to upgrade from Studio 2011 to 2017 for installation on a new computer. Will Studio 2011 still run on my OLD computer after that? I am asking because some of my clients use Studio 2011 and I am not sure of backward compatibility.

Best regards and thanks in advance!
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    Hi ,

    If you upgrade, then you lose the right to retain your 2011 licence as it is returned in your account in return for an advantageous price on the new version. However, if you don't deactivate the licence in the product then it will continue to operate for as long as you don't deactivate the licence, or change computers, or rebuild the operating system for example.

    So technically you can do this. But if you want to guarantee the old licence will be permanently available to you then you should purchase a new licence and not upgrade.

    Backwards compatibility should be fine for translation. So if you created the SDLXLIFF files on 2017 then a 2011 user would be able to open then and translate them. But they would most likely get warning messages about filetypes not supported and quickinserts not being available. These can be ignored and they can return the SDLXLIFF to you, but they won't be able to create a target file from an SDLXLIFF that you created from the original source file.

    If you didn't really mean backward compatibility. So if you get SDLXLIFF files created by your client, then it'll be you who gets the warning messages (depending on the source filetype). But you can translate and return the SDLXLIFF files without a problem.

    Regards

    Paul

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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    Hello Paul,

    thank you for the quick reply. I would like to make the transition as smooth as possible and aim to retain the 2011 license for a limited time only, just in case.

    You mentioned "So if you get SDLXLIFF files created by your client, then it'll be you who gets the warning messages (depending on the source filetype). But you can translate and return the SDLXLIFF files without a problem." Does this apply to project and return packages as well?

    Best regards,
    Hendarto
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