Clarification on File Format Change
Mark Waddingham
36degrees at runrev.com
Wed Feb 15 05:25:29 EST 2006
Hi Everyone,
As most of you will now be aware, the file format has changed in
version 2.7.
This change was necessary both to support persistence of new features
and to resolve issues with Revolution's integration with modern Linux
desktops.
Any stack saved in 2.7 will not load in a prior version - and,
indeed, previous versions of Revolution will view 2.7 stacks as
'corrupt' rather than coming from a newer version (the latter is due
to the need to change header).
The header of a Revolution stackfile now consists of 8 bytes:
REVOabcd
Where
a = major version number
b = minor version number
c = version increment
d = revision
Therefore, 2.7 files have the header:
REVO2700
The existence of a property allowing you to change the version of the
saved stackfiles has been mentioned on this list - however, this
property is unsupported and details on it will not be officially
published.
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
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