Updating On Your Own Server

This tutorial covers updating the application when hosting on your own internal server.

We will notify you via email if there is any updates to your application and send you a link to download the zip file.

Backup!

Before you start performing any syncing actions you can take the app offline by removing the '_' in the '_App_Offline.htm' file. You can put it back afterward to restart the proxy.

Create an entire backup of the existing data and save it in a zip file. Turning on the VSS (Volume Shadow Service) will help as well.

Syncing

Once you download the update, you can overwrite your current data with what is contained in the zip file. We suggest you use Microsoft SyncToy for this operation. You will want to use Contribute sync mode.

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Web.Config / Strings.Xml Updating

You will then need verify that there are no new additional items added to both the web.config and strings.xml files. The updated web.config and Strings.xml files are contained in the update zip file as 'WebNew.config' and 'StringsNew.xml'.

Do not simply replace your current files with the new ones as your files have information specific for your instance. You dont need to modify your existing values, just adding the new lines with their default values are recommended. We suggest using WinDiff for file comparisons.

In the Web.Config file you will need to increment the following value by one digit.

This will ensure that all new javascript gets re-downloaded.

This completes the sync operation. After putting the application back online you can now launch it. Ensure everything is loaded properly.