Topic: We are upgrading Does CUI take place of MNS and MNU files?

[David Hall]

What I have found, and it might just be me, but here goes.  Also, I haven't tried lately, as I was avoiding just being upset.

In the cui, if I defined a pulldown or button, and I dragged a picture icon to the area, it would use the pic just fine.  The problem I had was whatever command was using that picture before the drag and drop would take on the new command perameters

[CADaver]

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as opposed to the "old way", which had customization stuff spread all over the place in a chaotic mess.
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ummm... that would be the user's fault, not the "old way".  Our "old way" is quite organized, and not at all chaotic.

[SDETERS]

What Version are you On Randy?  Have you upgraded all of your Menu and such?

[CADaver]

What Version are you On Randy?  Have you upgraded all of your Menu and such?

We're running R2002 and R2008.  As our 2002 projects complete, we're upgrading them to 2008.  All our menus and customization has been upgraded, though we're still finding a few glitches every now and then.  We have over fifteen years of heavy customization to manage during the upgrade.  I haven't checked recently, but we have nearly two thousand hours tied up in the conversion of that customization from 2002 to 2008. 

BTW, we still have to make the jump from MS2003 to MS2007 tools as well. 

[craigr]

'we have nearly two thousand hours tied up in the conversion of that customization from 2002 to 2008.'

WOW, I felt guilty to have taken approx. a week to upgrade ours. Thanks for making me feel better.

craigr

[MP]

... we have nearly two thousand hours tied up in the conversion of that customization from 2002 to 2008.

Yeah but you indicated in the past you pay yer programmers peanuts so no great loss.



/d&r

[LE]

1000hrs.... 

It took me less than a minute transferring all my stuff from 2005 - 2007   

And I still have my menus as partial - and kept using the mnu or mns.... and no problema

[CADaver]

1000hrs.... 

It took me less than a minute transferring all my stuff from 2005 - 2007   

And I still have my menus as partial - and kept using the mnu or mns.... and no problema

In addition to several dozen discipline specific menus we have some two or three million lines of custom code, (lisp, VBA, C#, etc.) that needed to be reviewed and ported up from 2002 to 2008.  We are taking the opportunity to optimize many of the older routines.

[Bob Wahr]

So it hasn't taken 2,000 hour to update 2002 to 2008.  You are using the update as a reason to use 2000 hours to rewrite code.  A little bit of a difference.

[Krushert]

Apparently I'm the only person that actually likes the CUI. Albeit I haven't used Autocad for as long as other people, but I started with 2002 and 2004 so I know what it was like before the CUI and I wouldn't go back.

I personally think it's a lot more user-friendly/flexible now, but my wife tells me I'm wrong all the time so this may be another instance of that   

You are not the only one, I too like the new CUI.  I started with R13 aside from that amount of customization has grown with each release. 
I just plain like it.  Yes it has it issues but so did the old way or "they-who-must-not-be-named" would not have change it.
And yes I am hard core republican and I will vote for Bush again in 2008

[mjfarrell]

And yes I am hard core republican and I will vote for Bush again in 2008

<= CIA Agents

Uh, wouldn't he need to declare marshall law for that to happen?  In which case you wouldn't get a vote anyway? 

<= CIA Agents

[quamper]

You are not the only one, I too like the new CUI.

Don't tell me you like Sheet Sets too!

What are the chances of two people liking the CUI and sheet sets?

[Krushert]

And yes I am hard core republican and I will vote for Bush again in 2008

<= CIA Agents

Uh, wouldn't he need to declare marshall law for that to happen?  In which case you wouldn't get a vote anyway? 

<= CIA Agents

I think there is a provision in the constitution that in time of war, the president can be elected to additional terms.

Ahh here it is
Franklin D. Roosevelt was one .

Roosevelt was so popular he was elected four times -- a lengthy run which led to the passage of the 22nd Amendment, restricting presidents to two terms. He died in office only a few months into his fourth term.

[Krushert]

You are not the only one, I too like the new CUI.

Don't tell me you like Sheet Sets too!

What are the chances of two people liking the CUI and sheet sets?

And that is where we lose it.  What little I have tried to use sheet sets on my own, I did not like. But I have said and will say it again, I just don't understand them and I need to stand over someone and watch them use sheet sets. 

[mjfarrell]

Krushert,


If you have the time to talk about Sheet Sets, I am happy to entertain all of your questions right now today.
You will love sheet sets before Lunch time.