Why should you migrate your project?

[sumouse (ChoboIT)]

legacy → windows :

1. Is it because they will no longer support the .NET Framework (based on 4.6.1 or 4.8)?
2. Is .NET 5/6 better?

Activity Classic → Modern
3. Is there a difference between classic and modern activities?
4. Will classic activities be discontinued?
5. Should we think that modern activities have better functionality than classic activities?

[ashokkarale]

@sumouse,

@sumouse

Is it because they will no longer support the .NET Framework (based on 4.6.1 or 4.8)?

Yes

@sumouse

Is .NET 5/6 better?

It’s not about better or not, it’s about Support from Microsoft is no more for older versions.

@sumouse

Is there a difference between classic and modern activities?

Yes, there are differences.

@sumouse

Will classic activities be discontinued?

No plans revealed from UiPath as of now.

@sumouse

Should we think that modern activities have better functionality than classic activities?

It depends on activities.

Thanks,
Ashok

[Jon_Smith]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes

There is no good reason to not migrate.

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

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here it is also elaborated on arguments about migration

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

We should not mix up classic design / modern design with Legacy / Window Compatibility

However, lets address the questions as well:

@sumouse

Will classic activities be discontinued?

Reference: Overview - Deprecation timeline

• A formal date is currently not announced, but we can assume a phase out in the future

@sumouse

Should we think that modern activities have better functionality than classic activities?

The word better should be bound on factors. So in short:

• has advantages and disadvantages. But as we can expect the progress on the functionality we would focus Modern Design for UI-Interaction / Application related activities. For the latter mention we can also work within an Hybrid approach (e.g. Excel Classic and Excel Modern)