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:
AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX Windows (build 1389)
AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX Linux (build 1389)
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.
Existing installations of AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX, (pre-build 1357) should upgrade to AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX first.
Existing installations of AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX, (builds 1357 - 1379) may upgrade to latest version of AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX SR2. However, for this upgrade, all steps of the upgrade instructions must be completed.
Existing installations of AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX SR1, (builds 1380 - 1385) may upgrade to AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX SR2 using the instructions below.
If you do not know which version or build you are running, then please see this FAQ on our website.
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
Download the applicable file to the server. (see above)
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
Stop ColdFusionMX services.
Remove all .jar files
whose name start with "ablecommerce5" from -
[CFMX_DIR]/WEB-INF/lib/
From the AbleCommerce install directory, copy
all of the library files -
from [INSTALL_DIR]/WEB-INF/lib/*.*
to [CFMX_DIR]/WEB-INF/lib/
From the AbleCommerce install directory, copy
the contents of 'classes' folder -
from [INSTALL_DIR]/WEB-INF/classes/*.*
to [CFMX_DIR]/WEB-INF/classes/
Restart ColdFusionMX services to register the new library files. Be sure to give CFMX time to start completely before going to the next step.