Known Issues with this version

• This is is not a complete list of the known things that don’t work in FieldWorks.
• When using ChorusHub, it must be run on a Windows machine. Running it from a Xenial machine doesn’t work reliably.

Send/Receive Lexicon (LIFT) with e.g. WeSay

• Send/Receive Lexicon should not be used to pass data between two or more FLEx users. You should use Send/Receive Project.
• Send/Receive Lexicon depends on the LIFT standard. Some FLEx data is not handled well yet by this collaboration method. E.g. Which entries belong in which inflection template slots and some other morphological grammar facts stored on a lexical entry. Components of a complex form. Custom lexical relations.
• If you created a custom field in WeSay and used a previous version of LIFTBridge with FLEx (e.g. in 2012), FLEx will crash when you try to open the project. Please contact us for help. LT-13850

A Full package contains .NET 4.0 and Windows Installer 3.1; a Minimal package does not.

Users can probably use the minimal package unless this is the first installation of FieldWorks and their operating system is older than Windows® 8.

The Standard Edition (SE) packages only contain Language Explorer (FLEx); The Bible Translation Edition (BTE) packages also contain Translation Editor (TE).

1. Download one of the Full or Minimal installation packages above.
2. Double-click the exe file you downloaded. After it extracts files, the first installation screen appears.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions. Make sure you allow the SIL Software installer to install FLExBridge and any other required third party software it says is required.
4. If you have used FieldWorks 6.0.6 or earlier on this computer before, you may see two further steps:
   1. Select which if any projects you wish to migrate from FieldWorks 6.0.6 or earlier format.
   2. Choose whether to uninstall the last version of FieldWorks or its desktop shortcuts.

For more information on upgrading to FieldWorks 7 or 8 from an older version (6 or earlier), see here.

Please check the Known Issues section above.

Note: The movies have not yet been updated since FieldWorks 6.

• To install movies
• Download additional localizations.

• Sample projects are no longer being included in the download packages.
• The version of sample data you need will depend on the model of the version of FieldWorks you are using.
• For versions 8.3.2 and later. You can download them here:
• • Sena 2 – 14 MB (Lexicon and Texts for training)
  • Sena 3 – 15 MB (Lexicon and Texts data)
  • Lela-Teli 2 – 2 MB (Data Notebook for training)
  • Lela-Teli 3 – 2 MB (Data Notebook data)
• For versions 8.0.5 – 8.3.0, use this sample data:
• • Sena 2 – 14 MB (Lexicon and Texts for training)
  • Sena 3 – 15 MB (Lexicon and Texts data)
  • Lela-Teli 2 – 2 MB (Data Notebook for training)
  • Lela-Teli 3 – 2 MB (Data Notebook data)
• Click one of the sample projects, such as “Sena 3”. Download and save this file to your computer. If you find that your browser (e.g., I.E.) has renamed the files to .zip, you will need to rename them first to .fwbackup in order for the FieldWorks restore function to work.
• Launch FieldWorks (FLEx).
• Open the Restore a Project dialog by doing one of the following:
  1. If the welcoming Language Explorer dialog appears, click “Restore a project from a backup file”.
  2. Or if the main FieldWorks Language Explorer window appears, choose File -> Project Management -> Restore a Project.
• On the Restore a Project dialog, click “Another location” and click Browse.
• Navigate to the downloaded sample project file (which may be in your Downloads directory by default), click the file, and click Open.
• Click OK.

Following is the MD5 hash of each of the download packages, should you wish to use this to verify the download completed successfully.

Recommended System Configuration

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 or Windows® 10
• Computer and processor: Computer with Intel Core® (or equivalent) processor running at 2.2 gigahertz (GHz) or higher
• Memory: 2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM or more.

Note: The more RAM and the faster the CPU, the better FieldWorks will perform, especially with larger projects.

Minimum System Requirements

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 3 or later (though it won’t work with Paratext 8), Windows Vista® with Service Pack 2 or later, Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows® 8, Windows® 10.
• Computer and processor: Computer with Intel Pentium® (or equivalent) processor running at 1.5 gigahertz (GHz).
• Memory: 2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM.
• Hard disk: Hard disk space requirements will vary depending on existing machine configuration and custom installation choices. As a guideline figure, you should have at least 1.5 gigabytes free prior to installation. In any case, you are recommended to have at least 10% of your hard drive free in order to allow Windows to run properly.
• Display: 1024 by 768 pixels screen resolution or greater (for laptops, use native display resolution).
• Offline storage: An external USB drive, network drive, or writeable CD-ROM to allow offline data backups.
• Peripherals: Mouse or compatible pointing device.

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