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## Migration from dhtmlxFolders

The dhtmlXDataView is successor of dhtmlxFolders. The main difference between them is the way of templating. While folders was linked to XSLT, dataview uses plain templates , which are much more simple to write and maintain.

#### Why to migrate

- better templating
- performance improvement
- true dynamic loading
- ready server side solution ( connectors )
- ability to edit items
- simple API

#### When migration may be not necessary

- you have stable working solution - there is no serious bugs in dhtmlxFolders, they are pretty stable and their support is not discontinued.
- you already have your server side code an custom xslt

Components using different APIs, you can compare samples of dhtmlxFolders and dhtmlxDataView - both components have set of samples, with exactly same final result.

4 XSLT files, which was provided with dhtmlxFolders can be replaced with types/ftypes.js - those are named templates for dataview, which provides the same look and feel.