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Re: Multiple versions of REALbasic

To: REALbasic Network Users Group <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: Multiple versions of REALbasic
From: Terry Ford <tmford at shaw dot ca>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:50:58 -0800
In the past I have always installed the new release of REALbasic and copied the previous version to a non-boot drive. With all of the complaints about RB 5.0 I would like to keep 4.5.3 usable while testing 5.0. Is there any problem having more than one version going at once?

Only if AppleTalk is active.

When I put the serial number in for the upgrade to 5 does that cause problems for running 4.5.3?

AFAIK It shouldn't but I remember a thread about 10.1.x causing boot problems. I never saw them in 10.2.x.

Just trying to find out if there are any special steps that have to be taken. Worst come to worst I could just boot off the other drive and run OS 10.1.5 and RB 4.5.3 instead of OS 10.2.4 and RB 5.0.

Thanks for any guidance you may afford.

At this moment, I use 9.2.2 more than OSX 10.2.4. so I may be incorrect on some of my answers. I only keep the primary version I use (4.5.3) on my boot volume/ partition and keep all of my old, alphas/betas on a separate volume/partition. I then put aliases of the other versions in both OneClick and my desktop. Opening a project in any version is only a matter of dragging to the alias or double clicking on the project. Remember though that any open version is selected first.

I also have had strange results occur when running in 5.x versions when there are more than one open. I usually use it only for code exchange and that's even easier in later versions.

I hope this helps.
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Terry Ford

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