# Moving project back to 7.9 from 8.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition79, ignition80\ **Created:** [June 20, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-project-back-to-7-9-from-8-0/25979 "2019-06-20T13:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GioGio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@GioGio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/GioGio)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-project-back-to-7-9-from-8-0/25979/1 "2019-06-20T13:14:25Z")
As mentioned in the title, I need to move a project back to 7.9. Unfortunately this project was made in 8.0 and it seems like the 7.9 gateway cannot import the file, even when I save the export file in 8.0 as a .proj. I’m fairly new to Ignition and wonder if there is something I’m missing. The Error given by the gateway is: “Error parsing project file. Content is not allowed in prolog.” Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-project-back-to-7-9-from-8-0/25979/2 "2019-06-20T13:17:07Z")
I doubt you’ll be able to downgrade from 8 to 7. They changed the Major Revision for a reason, and I’m fairly certain that is why you’re getting an error. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-project-back-to-7-9-from-8-0/25979/3 "2019-06-20T13:17:49Z")
Unfortunately it’s not possible to go this direction. ---
**Author:** ![GioGio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3be4f8/32.png) [@GioGio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/GioGio)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-project-back-to-7-9-from-8-0/25979/4 "2019-06-20T13:26:28Z")
I was afraid that this would be the case. Could there be a way to reuse some of my work without having to recreate all the graphics? By exporting them as SVG’s or something? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-project-back-to-7-9-from-8-0/25979/5 "2019-06-20T13:29:10Z")
I think you can shift click on windows to export as XML… this format may be importable into 7.9. If there’s a version number somewhere in the XML you’ll have to decrement it by hand and hope for the best. ---
**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-project-back-to-7-9-from-8-0/25979/6 "2019-06-20T14:20:41Z")
What Kevin said. Also when you try the import, do it in a test gateway first. That way if something locks up the gateway you aren’t stuck. ---
**Author:** ![dwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@dwoo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dwoo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/moving-project-back-to-7-9-from-8-0/25979/7 "2019-10-01T20:56:31Z")
Doesn’t work! ☹