Do methods created in one version work in another?

Hi Guys !!

I have this question...

Do methods created in one version work in another?
I downgraded from version 4.17 to 3.95 and kept the Methods folder, which I then moved to the installation folder.
Some methods work and open correctly, but others don't. Why is this happening?


Thanks !

Reply to #1:
Version 4 stores methods in a different format. AND it has different features and arguably fewer bugs.

So, it's surprising that *any* methods saved under version 4 work with version 3. I wonder if really they were old V3 methods still? (Not overwritten by V4).

Reply to #1:
Version 4 can read methods from version 3, but not the other way around. The format for how methods are saved has changed in version 4, which means version 3 cannot read those files. The files will only convert if you actively overwrite them.

Within same major version branch you might also experience issues if you use a method list file saved with one version and read in an earlier version, when it contains features it available in the older version.

I do my best to make sure old configuration works or is auto upgraded in newer versions. But there is little I can do to make older versions compatible with features added in newer versions.

Reply to #3:

Ok !

Now I understand what happened, and why some work and others don't.
And if I remember correctly, in version 4 I was wondering about overwriting

I think it will be a matter of recreating the methods for 4 and making them work in 3.

Fortunately, I have more in 3 than in 4.

Thanks, gentlemen.