Notice

Newly created indexing masks will be saved in JSON format. Indexing masks from xSuite Interface 4 are available in XML format, but can still be imported to the Mask Designer. When they are saved again, they will be automatically converted to JSON format. The old XML file will be renamed to .old.

Before the old masks from xSuite Interface 4 can be run in the current Index Client, though, most of them will require pre-processing. The Mask Designer will attempt to automate some small adjustments when loading an old mask. However, in and of themselves, the macro expressions used for formatting field content and setting field/mask properties are incompatible with old masks.

The Index Client uses the same macro interpreter as the main program. Since xSuite Interface 4, the range of functions, the naming of macro functions, and some syntactical details of the Index Client have changed, requiring certain macro expressions to be redefined. The main program's partially modified syntax also applies to the connection strings for accessing external data sources. Therefore, depending on the system to be addressed, you might have to adapt these connection strings as well. This will also involve a new syntax for storing encrypted passwords.