components with a "old" yellow sign across

Hello all,

I downloaded a waffle structure definition from DesignPlaygrounds ( Rodrigo Medina) to study it, I opened it with the lates gh update. And most of the components have a yellow sign across them that say "old" i try replacing some but it would give me an error.

see attached..

anyone know why

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 7, 2012 at 12:59pm

When an OLD icon is drawn on top of a component it means there is a newer one available. It also means that the component is no longer available from the toolbar.

Sometimes when a component is upgraded it no longer behaves exactly the same (indeed, why else would we need an updated version) so replacing them is not always straightforward. In the Solution menu you'll find an 'Upgrade Legacy Component' icon which can auto-replace some of the obsolete components.

Note that there is nothing really wrong with using obsolete components. They work today as they worked yesterday. It is mainly a visual warning to tell you that when you create a new instance of the 'same' component, it won't actually be the same as the one you've already got.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by Oliver Sjöberg on January 8, 2012 at 12:34pm

David, could you please move the "OLD" label. It's really irritating when working on a old project and you can't read out the name of the component. Sometimes there isn't enough time to spend on changing all the old components...

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 8, 2012 at 1:19pm

I'd rather try and write more auto-conversions. It's probably more work but much more useful in my opinion. Are there some components that are used particularly often I should focus on first?

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on January 8, 2012 at 1:41pm

Have you done sort yet?

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 8, 2012 at 2:12pm

I haven't written any new ones since the last version went out.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by Oliver Sjöberg on January 8, 2012 at 2:35pm

Pt XYZ would be nice, I bet it's used quite often so. Or maybe the possibility to turn on/off the labels after reviewing the old components until you have settled all auto-conversions.

Thanks!