Upgrading to AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX (Service Release 2)

Latest Version: Service Release 2, Build 1389

Release Dates: 01/25/07

Applies To: Existing installations of AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX SR1 (build 1380+)

Downloads:

Note: After upgrading to SR2 (build 1389), you may want to apply a new patch that corrects a few issues found in the current release.
For more information and a download, please see
Technical Bulletin - SR2 patch to SR2a


IMPORTANT UPGRADE INFORMATION:

The SR2 release corrects issues between builds 1382 and 1389.  These upgrade instructions apply to installations of AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX SR1 (build 1380+) only.  We suggest that you review the upgrade path options below before continuing.

If you do not know which version or build you are running, then please see this  FAQ on our website.


Instructions for Upgrading an Installation

 

DEFINITIONS

[INSTALL_DIR] - This is where you installed AbleCommerce.  This directory contains the AbleCommerce program files.  The default location is C:\Program Files\Able Solutions\acb\...

[CFMX_DIR] - This is the webroot (wwwroot folder) where your ColdFusion program is installed.  The default location may be similar to  C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\

[ACTEMP] - This is a temporary location on your server where the new AbleCommerce program has been extracted to for the purpose of the upgrade.
 


 

Step 1) - Backup the Existing Installation

Before upgrading, the following items must be backed up:

 

Step 2) - Download latest build

  1. Download the applicable file to the server. (see above)

  2. Extract the contents of the archive into a temporary folder which will be referred to as [ACTEMP]
     

 

Step 3) - Update the existing AbleCommerce Program Files

Copy the contents of the extracted files from [ACTEMP] to your [INSTALL_DIR]. Only copy the contents, not the folder itself.

WARNING: DO NOT REPLACE the following (2) files at any time during the upgrade process.  

[INSTALL_DIR]\acb.cfm

[INSTALL_DIR]\WEB-INF\ablecommerce.key
 
 

 

Step 4) - Update ColdFusion with new AbleCommerce files

WARNING:  DO NOT REPLACE the following file at any time during the upgrade process.

[CFMX_DIR]\WEB-INF\
web.xml
 

  1. Stop ColdFusionMX services.  

  2. Remove all .jar files whose name start with "ablecommerce5" from -

    [CFMX_DIR]/WEB-INF/lib/

  3. From the AbleCommerce install directory, copy all of the library files -

    from [INSTALL_DIR]/WEB-INF/lib/*.*

    to [CFMX_DIR]/WEB-INF/lib/

  4. From the AbleCommerce install directory, copy the contents of 'classes' folder -

    from [INSTALL_DIR]/WEB-INF/classes/*.*

    to [CFMX_DIR]/WEB-INF/classes/

  5. Restart ColdFusionMX services to register the new library files. Be sure to give CFMX time to start completely before going to the next step.