That's weird.

Just in case you should know that there may be one or two little issue about compatibility in A8 but they are not important.

For example: In the past, we used the pansetdigit function to add string to the panel. We could set NULL the pv. (last variable of pan_setdigits.)
sample:

Code
pan_setdigits(testpan,0,0,0,"asdasdasd",myfont,1,NULL);


As far as i remember in A8 you can't set NULL pv. if you do that, you will get error. (invalid pointer) so instead, you have to use pan_setstring function. (which is the correct function for this purpose. So there is no problem.)

But your situation looks like different. You are not getting an error message. That could be anything. Maybe you're facing an undiscovered bug.