Old Omega can't read new Omega??

[Kell]

Another one for the Omega users!!

I've designed a sign on a brand new version of Omega...I take it to our shop to cut it out the next day and when I try to open it I get a "File written by newer version of Omega, file not readable" message!

We upgraded our shop version from Graphix Advantage a couple of years ago but one would think that it should be able to handle the new files!

Do I have to resave the original file as something else and import it??

Seems odd.

 

[Marekdlux]

The old omega can't read anything saved in the new version. There is an option to "save as" plt 1.56 version.
-Marek

 

[Kell]

Excellent...thanks very much I'll give that a try.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Pretty much any software you get will have this issue. Files are generally backward compatible but not forward.

I have two seats of Omega. One was updated to 2.1 and the other is still running 2.0.2. I haven't upgraded it yet (it's a free upgrade) because I wanted to insure that there were no bugs that might cause a problem. The version 2.0.2. won't open the files saved from 2.1.

 

[Kell]

Thanks a lot guys, the things you learn here!!

I saved it as a 6.2 and it worked perfectly...thanks again guys.