Migrating Archiving from UnForm 7.x to UnForm 8.0

UnForm 8.0 and 7.1 share the same archive library format, so it is possible for libraries created under 7.1 to be left in place, or copied "as is" to new library locations for 8.0 to use.  In fact, it is safe to let both 7.1 and 8.0 maintain the libraries at the same time during a migration period. If libraries are moved to new paths, 8.0 adds a new library definition feature, "aliases", which allows a library path to be recognized as multiple names.  This feature is useful when there are external links to libraries that can't be updated to utilize a new location.

Note that libraries from UnForm 7.0 are not 100% compatible with 8.0 library structures, so can't be shared between an active 7.0 and 8.0 server.  Archive records updated by 8.0 will not be compatible with 7.0.  Therefore, to migrate from 7.0 to 8.0, you must make copies of all libraries and ensure that 8.0 uses the new library paths.