Re: [eccopro] Re: How can a preview copy of StoryServer  be obtained?

Assuming the described SS migration features work correctly, I think the two main issues for me will be setting up folders and rewriting code for "normal" folder rules.

If I recall correctly the SS migration tool does not recreate folders (could be wrong about this... maybe you can point me to the features of the migration tool again to refresh my memory).  But if correct, it means all folders will have to be recreated with their hierarchies and with their configuration settings.  I have hundreds of folders in the main file I use (not counting the other files), so this would be quite a project.  Also, if this is correct, all folder assignments of items would also have to be manually recreated? If that's correct, that is a huge manual task.

An even bigger challenge for me would probably be recreating all of the normal folder rules (also referred to as Slang rules).  I believe that these are not supported in SS and I also have hundreds of those, some quite complex, that presumably will have to be all have to be rewritten in Lua (if that is even possible and assuming the custom Ecco related lua functions are supported).  A very significant amount of the work that happens in my files is done with these folder rules.

And all of this will have to be done while still simultaneously using Ecco/EE while the new file is being created.  Since I normally make structural changes on the files I use regularly, I will have to find a way to make sure those changes are reflected in the SS file all the time that file is being set up until it is ready to go live and SS becomes my replacement for Ecco/EE.  Otherwise the structures of my EE and SS files will be out of sync.  Of course SS itself will be being debugged and changes made by the developers during this process too.  That also complicates the project.

Maybe not such a big challenge for programmers especially if there is a group of them.  But pretty daunting for a one man show who is not in a computer related profession and only uses Ecco as a productivity tool.