Manual Upgrade

It is possible to manually upgrade your Flow system or its components.

WARNING

It is recommended that this is only attempted by trained professionals where there is a specific reason to do so. Even so this should normally be attempted only under direction from a Flow consultant.

A manual upgrade is simply the replacement of application files with the latest version. Care should be taken as the different application files have dependencies on other files. This means that to upgrade one file may require the upgrade of other files. Where you have been provided the latest version of a file for replacement of your existing one you should follow these steps to ensure the upgrade is successful.

Alternatively you can download the latest version as a set of zip files. Download these zips from the website

www.flow.net.nz/downloads (no longer available)

The zips will have names similar to the following. The numbers represent build versions so will therefore change. Typically you would download the zips with the highest number.

Flow.229e.101.zip contains all the main executables such as Flow, FlowMonitor, FlowServer.

FlowDLL.229e.101.zip contains all the supporting components. You should always download this alongside the above zip.

Flow.229e.101.TransportSite.zip contains FlowTransportWeb. You can skip this if you do not use the transport site.

Flow.229e.101.ProductSite.zip contains FlowWeb. You can skip this if you do not use the product web site.

1. Download the upgrade zips from the website (the Flow downloads page is no longer available)

2. Backup your entire Flow system. Refer Backing up Flow

3. Record the time you begin the upgrade. If at a later date you discover issues you can determine whether they arose prior to the upgrade or because of it

4. Stop all Flow applications from running. Check in task manager to ensure they are stopped for all users (ie Individual copies of FlowMonitor can run for each user logged into the computer)

5. Replace your existing files with the new versions you were provided.

6. Start Flow console and see if configuration database needs upgrading. Refer Upgrading a configuration database

7. Start Flow console and check your configuration. The upgrade notice may indicate changes that are required to be made to your configuration.

8. Execute all your Actions and check they are successful.

   1. Check that data integrated with your host system is still accurate. Thorough testing will promptly identify problems preventing you from losing other work entered into the host system after the upgrade.
   2. Check the data sent to your trading partners is still accurate