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Issue 2

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Removing a Legacy: Part 2

Written by Andrew Eddie

Welcome to Part 2 of my series on converting an existing component to work natively in version 1.5. Last time we looked at Legacy Mode, fixing the constant that prevents direct access to files and solved some database problems. We also had a quick look at what to do down the track with translations. So let's continue and find out what our next error is.

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Mark Raborn makes this comment

Sunday, 02 March 2008

//ditto on legacy. Keep up the good work Andrew and thanks.
Andrew Gorges makes this comment

Wednesday, 20 February 2008

Just found this website today and am glad I did. These articles on getting past legacy mode are terrific, can't wait for the next one. I have used some of these techniques in the past to begin converting extcalendar to J!1.5 (still have some work todo though, it wouldn't even run in Legacy mode at first). I am hoping this series, or a future one, will go through the process of converting a post-legacy component to the new MVC paradigm in 1.5.