EA v14 Beta - how to re-use your old layouts

[Paolo F Cantoni]

We went to a LOT of trouble to set up specific window layouts for our various configurations.

In the upgrade from 12->13, we just copied our old layouts to the new directory ...\AppData\Roaming\Sparx Systems\EA\Workspace Layouts13 and off we went.

When we tried to do the same with v14: ...\AppData\Roaming\Sparx Systems\EA\EA1405Workspace-Layouts
we found the file format was not supported! 

However, replacing the Sparx Systems Registry Exporter xx.x.xxxx with Sparx Systems Registry Exporter 14.0.1400
allowed us to at least import the layout.  It didn't quite come in correctly, but it SURE beats setting them up from scratch!

Saving the imported layout seems to work fine!

HTH,
Paolo

PS: Perhaps Sparx could allow import with a warning? 

[Eve]

It didn't quite come in correctly, but it SURE beats setting them up from scratch!

Obviously, the developers believe that the problems with doing that are worse than recreating them.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

It didn't quite come in correctly, but it SURE beats setting them up from scratch!

Obviously, the developers believe that the problems with doing that are worse than recreating them.

Well, it's not obvious (what the developers believe).  We only have the observable behaviour.

But I understand the risk-averse decision.  That's why I posted. 

The forum members (presumably NOT the majority of users) can take the calculated risk.

Paolo

[RainerQ]

I as well am disappointed, that I cant use my Workspace Layouts from EA 13.x
I invested quit some time to create me Layouts. This work now is to hell :-(