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APPX 6.0 Upgrade Instructions |
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- Create the Design Files for 6AD/00.
- Define Database 6SA, with a startup application of 6SA/00.
- Define Database 6AD, with a startup application of 6AD/00.
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< < | Now you are ready to install the applications from the downloaded file. The applications are supplied in a zip file format. Save this file in your $APPXPATH/00/ folder, and unzip from there. When prompted, replace all existing files. If you do not get this warning, you have unzipped the file in the wrong location. |
> > | Now you are ready to install the applications from the downloaded file. The applications are supplied in a zip file format (Intel based systems) or tar format (RISC based systems). Save this file in your $APPXPATH/00/ folder, and extract from there. When prompted, replace all existing files. If you do not get this warning, you have extracted the file in the wrong location. |
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< < | Once the applications are unzipped, continue with: |
> > | Once the applications are extracted, continue with: |
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- Create Data Files for Database 6SA, Application 6SA
- Create Data Files for Database 6AD, Application 6AD
You are now ready to migrate your System Administration files. |
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If you changed your 'appx.env' file, log off & on again. Check your System Administration files to make sure everything was migrated correctly, i.e., Users, Printers, Forms, Applications, Databases, etc. |
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< < | Role Based Security: If you are using Role Based Security, you should copy it to your new 6.0 installation. Copy all the files in $APPXPATH/0SA/ACL to $APPXPATH/0SA/ACL in your Release 6.0 installation. Create the $APPXPATH/0SA/ACL folder if necessary. Since the Structure files are different between 5 & 6, we must delete all the 'Struct' folders in $APPXPATH/0SA/ACL in the Release 6.0 folder after the copy is complete. They will get recreated in when the applications are migrated. |
> > | Role Based Security: If you are using Role Based Security, you should copy it to your new 6.0 installation. Copy all the files in $APPXPATH/0SA/ACL to $APPXPATH/0SA/ACL in your Release 6.0 installation. Create the $APPXPATH/0SA/ACL folder if necessary. Since the Structure files are different between 5 & 6, we must delete all the 'Struct' folders in $APPXPATH/0SA/ACL in the Release 6.0 folder after the copy is complete. They will get recreated when the applications are migrated. |
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If all is well, continue with migrating your Applications.
5. Run the migration utility for your applications |