LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

[Mike Bonner]

Just curious, if you open with lc 5, and then save a copy as an lc stack,
can you then open it with the later version?  (and do the usual "messages
off" thing too of course)

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 7:55 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi friends,
>
> I am trying to open some old HyperCard stacks (thanks Jaqueline :-)
> and LC 8.1.9, 8.1.10 and 9.0 immediately and silently CRASH without notice
> after selecting hte file in hte open dialog, I only get the macOS crash
> report.
>
> Using LC 5.02, I can open the stacks without problem, except the usual
> errors
> when opening a HC stack (using reserved words for variables etc.)
>
> Any insights or hints?
>
>
> Best
>
> Klaus
>
> --
> Klaus Major
> http://www.major-k.de
> klaus at major-k.de
>
>
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