Upgrading from 2014b to 2017b

I currently have MATLAB 2014b and looking to upgrade to 2017b. Should I expect any issues from upgrading between the two versions as there is quite a large gap between them? Would it make more sense to upgrade in increments (e.g. 2015b, 2016b and then 2017b)?

[Adam]

It shouldn't be a big problem. The major graphics changes were in R2014b so there haven't been many large-scale changes since then, but the release notes will tell you exactly. Easiest option is to just try it since I assume you are not on the Matlab Home version if you are suggesting incremental upgrades as an option. There is very little point doing incremental upgrades though, in general.

[Christie Boyse]

Thanks Adam, much appreciated

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[Sean de Wolski]

Also in R2017b there is now a code compatibility report. I'd recommend doing a first pass with it as well as reading the release notes like Birdman points out.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2017b/matlab/ref/codecompatibilityreport.html

Rather than installing every intermediate release, if there is some behavior that you can't resolve, just call tech support as they have easy access to all of it.

[Christie Boyse]

Thanks a lot Sean