[amayausers.com] Re: V9 versus V7 files - question
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Marcelle,
With respect to DS v7 and v9 .OFM formats...
A v7 .OFM file can easily be opened in v9.
A v9 .OFM file cannot be read by v7. Simply because when v7 was being created
by it's developers, they had no clue what v9 would be like in the future. This
scenario has been the same for all new released versions over the years.
If you are using v9 and save your file as a v7, YES, certain features that are
exclusive to v9 will be lost in the conversion back to v7. Otherwise it
couldn't be considered a v7 file.
Your options at this point...
If you are using v9 for all your digitizing, then offer your customers two file
formats:
1) the original v9 .OFM file, and
2) an .EXP version of the same file.
The expanded (.exp) version will contain all of the v9 features that you
digitized and can be opened by any version of DS and run by virtually all
embroidery machines. However an .exp file only contains three command types:
stitch coordinates, color change and trim commands. That is all that's needed
by an embroidery machine to do it's magic. But if a customer of yours needs to
edit the design, this will be problematic depending on their knowledge of
editing and software level.
If you know your customer is using v7 software and requires an original v7 .OFM
file, then you, as the digitizer, should use DS v7 to create the file.
I believe you can have both v7 and v9 on your computer. You should install
them in different folders and you can only open one version at a time.
Know this, other software companies have the same dilemma with updated versions
of their software as well. This could be considered a downside to new
technology. Not everything will be flawlessly backwards compatible.
Ed Orantes
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