X5 to X8 Post Processor

[lucas257]

I.T. has finally decided to give me a new computer, so in the mean time I figured it would be a great idea to update from X5 to X8...I would download X9 online, but you pretty much have to be the IT leader in this company with every admin privilege known to man to do such a task; Long story short our reseller sent us an X8 install a while back and it's easier for me to go the disc install route, I'll update to X9 or 10 when we get a hard install disc. Question I have is, do I need to update my post from X5 to X8...any significant changes, or can I use the same post from X5 when I update?

[ahaslam]

To my knowledge nothing significant.

[Colin Gilchrist]

You will have to have an "X8" version post processor. It is pretty easy to take your existing X5 post, and run the Migration Wizard to update it to X8. That is a no-brainer.

 

The issue you might run into is having your Control Definition settings get changed. Look in the Main Forum for a post I made about setting the Control Definition Defaults. That is the only part of the "update" process that might give you some trouble, if you are unfamiliar with how the system works, and links together the MD, CD, and PST files...