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    XPrjActionUpgradeProjects
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     this action upgrades one ore more projects to the actual database scheme version. The action
 does nothing when no upgrade is needed. (Except for XML formats).
 Several input formats are provided: a project in zw1 format is upgraded and packed to zw1 again.
 All projects in a folder are upgraded (recursive).
 A backup of every project is done before changing.

    Parameter Description
    Project 
    full project link file name
    Folder 
    all projects in the folder and its subfolders are upgraded
    Archive 
    true: zw1 projects are also upgraded and packed afterwards.
    BaseProject 
    true: zw9 and zx1 projects are also upgraded and packed afterwards
    UpgradeWriteProtectedProjects 
    true: read only projects are also upgraded (*.elr and *.elt, *.els, elx)
    UpgradeXMLProjects 
    true: projects/base projects in XML format are also upgraded (*.ept and *.epj, *.zx2)
    FileTypes 
    *.*: all projects (same as *.elk,*.ell,*.elp,*.elr,*.elt,*.els,*.elx,*.zw1,*.zw9,*.zx1,*.ept,*.epj,*.zx2)
    PackOriginalProject 
    true: the original projects will be packed into a 7zip file after upgrade (default = true).
    UpdateConnections 
    true: the connections in project will be updated (default = false). Note: if 'DoDataModelUpgrades' is false, this value will be ignored
    NoBackup 
    true: No Backup of the old Version is created (default = false).
    IgnoreUpgradeBackups 
    true: backup projects will be ignored when converting a complete folder (default = false). Backup projects have naming [NAME]_V[Version]_[Backuptime]
    DoDataModelUpgrades 
    true: also data model corrections will be done (default = true). Note: if false, than 'UpdateConnections' will be ignored

    Remarks 
     BaseProjects are only upgraded when a major version change is done. For minor changes the base Project
 will stay unchanged.
 Each project found produces a system message with the upgrade result.
 handle Folder:
 All *.elk and *.ell and *.elp are upgraded
 when FileTypes is set, the params Archive/BaseProject/UpgradeWriteProtectedProjects  are ignored

    Example 
                    XPrjActionUpgradeProjects /Project:$(MD_PROJECTS)\ESS_Sample_Project.elk

     

     

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