Legitronic® Labeling Software FAQs Upgrading Legitronic Software • If I decide to upgrade my version of Legitronic, will it still work with my Windows Operating System? • Can I convert a Legitronic 2.2.0 label format to Legitronic version 3.X? • Can I use my old Legitronic 2.X database with the current versions of Legitronic labeling Software? • How do I convert a Legitronic 2.2.0 database to an MS Access database to be used with Legitronic version 3.X.X? • Can I update my old DOS Legitronic label formats to the current versions of Legitronic Labeling Software? Upgrading Legitronic Software If I decide to upgrade my version of Legitronic, will it still work with my Windows Operating System? There are three main software releases of Legitronic: 1. Legitronic80 - This is an 8-bit labeling software that runs the MS DOS operating system. It also may be installed and used on Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98. 2. Legitronic For Windows version 2.X - This is a 16-bit version of labeling software that may be used with Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows 98 with a designated parallel port for the license key. 3. Legitronic Labeling Software 3.X - This 32-bit version may be used on Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and 32 bit versions of Windows Vista, Business and Ultimate operating systems. Can I convert a Legitronic 2.2.0 label format to Legitronic version 3.X? It has been 10 years since the first 32 bit version of Legitronic was released. The last update to the 16 bit Legi for Windows 2.2.0 was Release 4, and was written to address Y2K issues. Hardware platforms, operating systems, and application software programs have changed many times in the decade between LegiWin 2 and the current version of Legitronic Labeling Software. As such, some of the technological chasms are too wide to cross. That being the case, it is well worth weighing the effort spent trying to bring your old labels forward into a new version of software against that of simply creating new labels. Either way, you will spend considerable time and effort on the project and you will still have to learn to use the new software. Legi for Windows 2 Series labeling software came in several versions from 2.0 to 2.2. These are 16 bit applications developed for Windows for 3.11 to 9X. While the latest version, 2.2, can be migrated directly into Legitronic Labeling Software 3.6, the earlier versions cannot. And again, a 2.2 label may not function in 3.6. This is a lengthy, very detailed and highly technical process and it is entirely possible that the label format file will be corrupted during this process or that the file will simply fail to migrate into the new software. This process cannot be performed quickly, or “walked through” over the phone. You will have to touch each label several times in both the old and the new software. You will need to be fluent in using MS Windows XP Professional, including some of the more advanced features such as setting up ODBC driver links and OLE DB driver links. You will need to have access to a Windows XP Professional login account with administrative permissions over the system you will be working with. You will also need to know how to work with MS Access or the database program you will be using. Additionally all versions of the Legi for Windows 2 Series software came with their own integrated Paradox database utility. The Paradox tables created with Legi for Windows 2.2 can be imported directly into MS Access 2003, while the Paradox tables created with Legi for Windows 2.1 and earlier cannot. The 2.1 Paradox tables must be exported into and saved as a CSV file before they can be opened in MS Access 2003. Weber Packaging Solutions, Inc. Product Systems management reserves the right to determine whether or not a particular application is a good candidate for migration. Refer to: Legi for Windows 2.2 to Legitronic Labeling Software 3.6.2 Label Migration Guide (PDF) Can I use my old Legitronic 2.X database with the current versions of Legitronic Labeling Software? No. The older versions used a database management system that is not ODBC compliant. You must convert the database to one that is ODBC compliant. Refer to: What is ODBC? How do I convert a Legitronic 2.2.0 database to a MS Access database to be used with Legitronic version 3.X? Refer to: Legi for Windows 2.2 to Legitronic Labeling Software 3.6.2 Label Migration Guide (PDF) Can I update my old DOS Legitronic label formats to the current versions of Legitronic Labeling Software? No. The older DOS versions ran in an 8 bit operating environment. The current version runs in a 32 bit operating environment. In the middle there were versions that ran in a 16 bit operating environment. This means that the as Operating Systems have changed in fundamental architecture three times, (soon four, with the release of Windows Vista) so has Legitronic Labeling Software. There is so much effort involved in trying to migrate from 8 bit to 16 bit to 32 bit versions of Legitronic, and so much functionality is lost that it requires less effort to start fresh. Refer to: 16 vs. 32 bit (PDF) Back to Legitronic Software FAQ Page
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