6.18. Convert a pure::variants 4 project into a pure::variants 5 project

To enable some new pure::variants features a pure::variants project with version 5 is necessary. All newly created pure::variants projects are created with version 5. An existing project created with an older pure::variants release can be converted to a pure::variants project with version 5.

To convert a project open the properties dialog on the pure::variants project. Select Project Version in the navigation on the left side of the properties dialog. The selected page now shows the current project version along with some additional informaton. The conversion is started with the Convert to Version 5 button at the bottom of the page.

Note

After converting a pure::variants project to version 5 it can not be converted back to version 4. The converted pure::variants project is not compatible to pure::variants releases prior to 5.0.0.

Figure 6.72. pure::variants Project Version

pure::variants Project Version

If the project to convert has references to other pure::variants projects in the workspace, the user will be asked if the referenced projects shall be converted as well. Chose Yes to convert all referenced projects together with the initial project. If the