I’m not sure what to search for to answer my question but I tried a few things and nothing came up.
I support a number of systems at various levels of Ignition. Is it safe to make edits to an older version of Ignition using a newer designer launcher? For example, can I use the latest designer launcher to safely make changes to an 8.1.14 system?
I think the answer is yes but I just wanted to play it safe and ask.
The launcher is just a middleman, you aren’t ever actually running a Designer that is a different version than the Gateway it’s connected to. The launcher connects to the gateway, downloads the files needed if you don’t have them cached, then launches a Designer version that matches the Gateway.
If I’m understanding correctly, I still can’t build all my screens on a development machine running the latest build and then copy/paste deploy them to a live system that’s running an old version. Is that correct?
Sometimes it’s hard to get customers to update their Ignition to the latest because they have a perception that it will create a lot of downtime.