Module: Editor
Version: 4.3.0 +
Description
Along with the transition from tables to matrices in 4.3.0, several conversion formulas were added to accomodate the transition. Before 4.3.0, implicit conversions were made by Futurama in index columns of datatables. That is, if the index type in a datatable did not match the type in a formula (for example VLookUp), it was runtime converted automatically (and caused an error if the conversion was not allowed).
In versions 4.3.0+, it is no longer allowed to enter non-matching types in these formulas. For compatibility issues, the implicit conversions were made explicit and added to the formula library. Some of these formulas were deprecated immediately in version 4.3.0, because the conversion does not make any sense (but they could occur theorethically in the files).
Other conversion formulas were deprecated in version 5.2.0, because similar formulas already existed.
This concerns formulas:
| ID | Name | Comment |
|---|
| 277 |
ConvertToDouble(string) |
Use ConvertTextToNumber() instead |
| 278 |
ConvertToDouble(long) |
Conversion is allowed by default in Futurama |
| 280 |
ConvertToLong(string) |
Use Value() instead |
| 283 |
ConvertToString(long) |
Use FormatNumber() instead |
| 284 |
ConvertToString(double) |
Use FormatNumber() instead |
| 286 |
ConvertToString(date) |
Use FormatDate() instead |
| 290 |
ConvertToDate(string) |
Use ConvertTextToDate() instead |
| 291 |
ConvertToDouble(date) |
Conversion is not allowed and will cause error |
| 292 |
ConvertToLong(date) |
Conversion is not allowed and will cause error |
| 293 |
ConvertToBoolean(date) |
Conversion is not allowed and will cause error |
| 294 |
ConvertToDate(double) |
Conversion is not allowed and will cause error |
| 295 |
ConvertToDate(long) |
Conversion is not allowed and will cause error |
| 296 |
ConvertToDate(bool) |
Conversion is not allowed and will cause error |