Safe to convert to uncompressed format?

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I would like to convert the project format from .fbz5 to .fbp5 (uncompressed). I have heard from my predecessor that FB had lost data when the project format was converted (e.g., at some time in the past).

I tried using this forum's search, but could not find anything using any of the terms:

   "save as", uncompressed, .fbz5 .fbp5

So I tried doing a diff between a .fbz5 file made by doing a "Save As" uncompressed with the project.fbp5 file unzipped from the source .fbz5 file.  Because there is a difference in delimiters (the XML in the project.fbz5 has none) between the 2 formats, I removed all newlines from both files to compare them.  They still don't compare, but a 2-MB 1-line diff is imposible to read. So I am stuck.

We use FB 5.5 build 707.

Does the .fbz5 -> .fbp5 conversion work?  If so, why did I get the delta above (e.g., does it refactor the source somehow)?

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Hi Michael

The only difference between the compressed fbp5 and the uncompressed one is the formatting. The uncompressed fbp5 file is formatted with indentation and new lines to make it easier to read and diff. I’m not aware of any reports of data loss when changing between compressed and uncompressed, the code for saving in the two formats is identical, except for the formatting part.

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OK, Thanks Vincent.  I'll try it tomorrow.