Finally we are ready to do an upgrade. I'm researching which release would be best to use. We did some limited testing on 7.6.5 a while back but would like to go for a later version. Anyone have any "high praises" or "don't even think about it" advise on the latest and greatest?
Oh and we read a lot of SAP BW queries for data...so any issues with that would be appreciated.
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In Focus since 1993. WebFOCUS 7.7.03 Win 2003
July 21, 2010, 01:33 PM
Glenda
Prairie,
Long time no see!
There was a post this morning about 7.7.01 and problems with Excel 2007.
After several years of pushing, it looks like we too are going to upgrade. Our IBI consultant has advised that we "upgrade to the 7.6.11 release, which is very stable is widely adopted by many",
Anyone have any comments good or bad about 7.6.11?
We have had excellent results with the 7.6.11 version. No SAP access, however. Just DB2, ADABAS, SQL Server.
Regards,
Darin
In FOCUS since 1991 WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat
July 21, 2010, 04:13 PM
Prarie
Hey Glenda!
You will be going to quite a new world from 5.3.6 wow.
Thanks for the replies.
July 21, 2010, 04:36 PM
Glenda
Since we write most of our code in the native language by choice. It shouldn't be too much of a culture shock.
Glenda
In FOCUS Since 1990 Production 8.2 Windows
July 21, 2010, 04:46 PM
njsden
I'm getting extremely jealous as we still are in 5.3.4 and it seems like it'll stay as such for quite a while.
7.6.11 for you. It's the max in the 7.6.x family and I believe you'll have to reinstall and migrate if going to 7.7.x (no upgrade path).
I could be wrong -- that may only be the case when moving up major release levels (i.e. to 8.x in this case).
- ABT
I just did the 7.6.8 --> 7.6.11 upgrade and it went off without a hitch (well, as soon as I turned off our ReportCaster console listener RC began to run in full-function mode, but that's another headache ago).
@Glenda, You, on the other hand, should consider the 7.7.x path, since you'll certainly have to reinstall and migrate. Our rep told me a few weeks ago that 7.7.02 was to be released soon (August/Sept).
I'd shoot for 7.7.02 if I were considering an upgrade from 5.x.
Too new for my taste. I want to be on the cutting edge not the bleeding edge. Let someone else work out the kinks.
Glenda
In FOCUS Since 1990 Production 8.2 Windows
July 21, 2010, 05:07 PM
Glenda
Besides, I'm not as well rounded as most of you. I only know how to write WebFOCUS code and formating. Installation and such is left up to systems programmers.
Glenda
In FOCUS Since 1990 Production 8.2 Windows
July 21, 2010, 09:04 PM
Severus.snape
Hi,
I dont know if this is a bit offtrack-we recently moved to 7.6.11 from 7.1.4 and I noticed a small issue in 7.6.11 - in excel format if we have SET EMPTYCELLS OFF to get the NODATA thing working..the 0's which are acting as place holders for blanks are colored red when I apply styling on the columns to turn them red when data LT 0.
This does not happen in 7.1.4
thanks Sashanka
WF 7.7.03/Windows/HTML,PDF,EXL POC/local Dev Studio 7.7.03 & 7.6.11
July 22, 2010, 09:46 AM
Francis Mariani
Neftali, I hope you have a cobweb broom to keep that 5.3.4 shiny...
Francis
Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991
Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
July 22, 2010, 10:02 AM
Prarie
July 22, 2010, 10:45 AM
Hua
quote:
Anyone have any comments good or bad about 7.6.11?
I prefer the old HTML Painter(7.6.4). Although 7.6.11 tries to provide more enhancements, but it's so much hard to maintain, ie. ddbox populated by embeded procedure, and it allows you to change the codes, but next time you maintain it again, it resets to the original codes. There might be a way to do it right, but it is not intuitive.
Developer Studio 7.6.11 AS400 - V5R4 HTML,PDF,XLS
July 22, 2010, 11:03 AM
Glenda
Gosh, that just supports my desire to write the code myself instead of relying on "painters".
I want to be on the cutting edge not the bleeding edge.
I liked that!
IBI introduced support for EXL2K borders in 7.6.9 which is a feature wanted by many for a long time and that works fine (*unless* you use EXL2K FORMULA ) so if I was to choose (but I won't hold my breath as an upgrade here seems sooooooooo far in the future) I'd probably go with at least that one release due to the enhancement.
Good advice Francis! I'll try to get one of those 
) so if I was to choose (but I won't hold my breath as an upgrade here seems sooooooooo far in the future) I'd probably go with at least that one release due to the enhancement.