BK programs are compiled in TAS5 an older DOS based compiler. T6 are the exact same BK programs just compiled in then new TAS7 Windows compiler.   T7 programs are windows programs and are object driven, not top down code like the old BK programs. T6 programs were created to take advantage of the newer things we had access to in TAS7 like newer version of RTM's and Email. But most of the system still remains BK (DOS top down procedural code).
 
  We are working on converting the whole system to TAS7, 90% of the screens are already done, and we will be porting the logic to them soon.  The major programs like ARA,APA,WOA,INA,INB,POA,and SOA have all been converted to T7 versions.. But like you pointed out there are still the older versions of all these (BK,T6)  If there is a BK, T6 and T7 version of a program. I would stop using the T6 version ASAP. We do not add or fix T6 versions of programs if there is a T7 version. I just can't maintain 3 version of the same code.  
 
Any new program features will be added to the T7 version only. The BK versions will be frozen and we will only to bug fixes to these programs.. That said 90% of the programs out there are still only BK or T6 versions so when we add new features we are adding them to the Classic system too as they are the same programs being run in Evo.
 
 So my suggestion is to have your users switch to the T7 version as they are the ones with the newest features and all the latest fixes

Great post, I've added it to the Wiki FAQ.

If there were a Like button I will give this post one!!
 
 
 
Kelloggs

"The major programs like ARA,APA,WOA,INA,INB,POA,and SOA have all been converted to T7 versions."
 
SOA is not useable with an F and O order.
 
The above quote is from 3 years ago.
 
the whole check box thing for F and O in T7 SUCKS.
 
puts the options in the wrong order
wont let me check off multiple options like I can with T6
says I cant exit when I exit and save
says I cant exit when I press exit
locks up
 
3 years after its "done" and still wont work.
Why is it even included in the updates in this condition.

We have the July Update installed and the SO-A works fine!
 
 
 
Kelloggs

FYI...If you are enter F & O SO's on the July update, you need Java installed, have created the ODBC database for the company you are using and set up the Jave settings in SM-T, then the T7SOA version will work with F & O

Laura, in the example you provide, what I was saying may not apply.  The RTM's you mentioned that start with "i" are for international forms, so you must have the international printing feature turned on (Sys Mgr.-IM-A and a "Y"  in box to print "International Forms").  I forget what the "P" in front of the "i" stands, but again, I think it is related to international form.
 
What I was referring to earlier is when you set up a user profile in TAS-G and if you were to edit these profiles, you will see what program the menu is calling.  If you log in as ADMIN, this will always be calling the latest version of any program where as other users profiles may still be calling older versions of the program.  You can update all users with the most current programs by selecting the button at top of screen to do so, but sometimes this is too much of a shock for users.  However, eventually, all users should be using the same version of any program unless for a specific reason you want to revert to an earlier version