[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by Videx

Clearly you're wrong there. They've made big changes to upgrades in vb4. This last one told me exactly which templates it merged with my custom code, which were successful merges and which weren't, and gave me the option to edit and compare the files side by side. A huge change from vb3.

All of which may be off topic for this particular thread, except that more than one person has said they don't want to upgrade to vb4 until this functionality is included. From what I saw with the 4.1.2 upgrade, it is included.

If this did what you are saying then it would be included. It doesn't. This simply creates an overlay system that allows the changes to be made without direct changes to templates making merges and comparisons unnecessary.

Believe me, using both 4.1.2 without the mod and with it is miles different (I have done both now, with my test upgrade on a test board). This is better.

1. This allows you to make changes in a Master Template that applies to every style without changing the actual templates.
2. These changes will continue to work unless the template changes so your search string no longer exists. In upgrades there will be no template matches to change, the ones that don't work simply will not apply.
3. Those that do no longer work are easy to find by simply running a test against them, then you can view and find a different search string to apply the "add before" or "add after" etc. to...

While changes to 4.x were large, it certainly did not add the functionality of this mod. I am glad it still worked with my RL upgraded version.

I am not "clearly wrong", you are simply incorrect as to what this mod actually does. However, if you believe that you get the same functionality then I have no dog in this fight. I felt crippled without it on the test site and I'm very glad it is working now. It most definitely wasn't the same thing, nor did it give me the same capabilities with just 4.1.2 without the mod.