HOW TO

Update a customized project after having chosen to not update it

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Procedure

Summary

A customized project created in an older version of ArcView was opened in a more recent version but was not updated when prompted.

Procedure

1. Open the project file in a text editor. The first few lines looks like this:

/3.0
(ODB.1
FirstRootClassName: "Project"
Roots: 2
Version: 31

2. Change the Version number from the current to an older one. In this example: 31 to 30.

3. Save.

4. Reopen the project in ArcView.

5. Allow the Project Updater to update the project.

Article ID:000001552

Software:
  • Legacy Products

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