Comments on: DriveWorks 7: The Wait is Over! http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/driveworks-7-almost-here/ Innovative Process Solutions. Bottom-Line Results. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:31:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Derek Neiding http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/driveworks-7-almost-here/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Derek Neiding Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:54:19 +0000 http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6493#comment-178 Not to mention that VBA and .NET are different animals. There is a good chance that the way something was done in Excel VBA is not the same way you would do it in .NET. With the .NET Framework at your disposal there are new methods and functions available. Re-writing might not be necessary but it may be desirable. Not to mention that VBA and .NET are different animals. There is a good chance that the way something was done in Excel VBA is not the same way you would do it in .NET. With the .NET Framework at your disposal there are new methods and functions available. Re-writing might not be necessary but it may be desirable.

]]> By: Paul Gimbel http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/driveworks-7-almost-here/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Paul Gimbel Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:11:16 +0000 http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6493#comment-167 How difficult is migrating a group/project from DW6 to DW7? Excellent question, Alex. I first need to reiterate that DW7 DOES support Excel-based projects for legacy purposes. So moving to DW7 does NOT immediately mean that you need to get off of Excel. (And we have been assured that support for Excel will remain until such time as DriveWorks can guarantee that all projects can be brought over without any loss in fidelity.) You should see performance boosts even if you move to DW7 and don't move off of Excel. DriveWorks provides a tool that migrates a DriveWorks 6 group and projects over to DriveWorks 7. In the technology preview, we have had pretty good results with that tool. Not 100%, but pretty good. Now moving off of Excel is another issue. And the difficulty there all depends upon your level of customization. I believe that DriveWorks is going to release a tool to move Excel-based projects over somewhat automatically, but we have not had a chance to preview that. We're willing to bet, though, that if you have custom VBA code, internal documents, and/or extraneous calculation worksheets within your design master, there will be some manual conversions involved. And yes, of course, this is a service that we provide. :) How difficult is migrating a group/project from DW6 to DW7? Excellent question, Alex.

I first need to reiterate that DW7 DOES support Excel-based projects for legacy purposes. So moving to DW7 does NOT immediately mean that you need to get off of Excel. (And we have been assured that support for Excel will remain until such time as DriveWorks can guarantee that all projects can be brought over without any loss in fidelity.) You should see performance boosts even if you move to DW7 and don’t move off of Excel. DriveWorks provides a tool that migrates a DriveWorks 6 group and projects over to DriveWorks 7. In the technology preview, we have had pretty good results with that tool. Not 100%, but pretty good.

Now moving off of Excel is another issue. And the difficulty there all depends upon your level of customization. I believe that DriveWorks is going to release a tool to move Excel-based projects over somewhat automatically, but we have not had a chance to preview that. We’re willing to bet, though, that if you have custom VBA code, internal documents, and/or extraneous calculation worksheets within your design master, there will be some manual conversions involved.

And yes, of course, this is a service that we provide. :)

]]> By: Alexandre Delorme http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/driveworks-7-almost-here/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Alexandre Delorme Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:37:55 +0000 http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6493#comment-166 Hi, I'm just wondering how easy the switch between DW 6 and DW 7 will be. The removal of Microsoft Excel as the computation engine afraid me. Have you try the upgrade of projects from DW 6 to DW7? Thanks for the feedback. Alex Hi,

I’m just wondering how easy the switch between DW 6 and DW 7 will be. The removal of Microsoft Excel as the computation engine afraid me.

Have you try the upgrade of projects from DW 6 to DW7?

Thanks for the feedback.

Alex

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