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Appendix
Migrating Existing Data Files from TrainController 5
If a data file created in TrainController 5 is opened in TrainController 7, then
the contained data is automatically converted into the data format of the new version.
The following differences should be noted, however:
Full Screen Mode
In TrainController 5 it was possible to display switchboard and dispatcher windows
in full screen mode on single monitor configurations. This feature has been superseded
in TrainController 7 by the possibility, to display each window or window group in
a maximized mode, which utilizes the available monitor to the maximum extent. Furthermore
the new feature is also available on multi monitor configurations.
Text Elements
Text elements in TrainController 7 are much more powerful than text elements in
TrainController 5. The new text elements provide much more control of the position,
size, alignment and displayed colors. These improvements required some incompatible
changes, however. For this reason it cannot be granted, that all existing text
elements are automatically converted into the new format without any perceptible deviations.
This applies in particular to non-horizontal text elements. For this reason manual
rework may be necessary for certain text elements to get them displayed in a similar
way as in previous versions.
Traffic Boxes
In order to simplify matters the terms “block” or “block symbol” are used synonymously
in TrainController 7 for the term “traffic box” known from previous versions.
Links in Block Diagrams
For reasons of simplicity all links in block diagrams are now replaced by routes. This
provides additional useful possibilities. Among others the highlighting of the path cur-
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