I must be doing something wrong, but I'm having trouble upgrading from uComponents 2.1 to 2.2 on umbraco 4.7.
I tried (in a test environment!) simply overwriting the dll. But when I came to add extra components (via the dashboard control), I got an error.
Is there something else I need to update too? Or should I simply install 2.2 as a new package in addition to 2.1? Would that overwrite all the old files?
v2.2 has only been released as a beta so far - did you get the package from CodePlex? (or build from the source code?)
Upgrading is as simple as overwriting the "uComponents.Core.dll" in the /bin directory - did you make sure to rename the DLL in the package ZIP? (as it is given a Guid filename).
You can also install the package via the back-office, it will overwrite the files, no problem. Only issue is that Umbraco will still list that you have v2.1 installed also - this causes no problems, just that uComponents is listed twice in the "Installed Packages" tree.
I installed v2.2 in a clean Umbraco 4.7 installation, then picked up the uComponents.Core.dll from that installation and used that to overwrite the dll in the test environment. Then added the dashboard control, and was able to tick the extra features I wanted to add, but got an error on saving.
Also, just to check, when installing this into an existing site with 2.1 installed, installing 2.2 on top won't cause any issues with existing data types, content etc?
Difficult to say without know which v2.2 beta you are using or which data-types are in use?! (Do keep in mind that v2.2. is still only a beta - use at own risk!)
That said, I'm using v2.2 beta on several websites (some of which were upgraded from v2.1) ... with no problems.
If you do find any problems, let us know - we'll aim to fix before final v2.2 release.
Sorry - it's the 2.2 version of the package which I downloaded from the Umbraco package site yesterday, then installed that package on a clean Umbraco 4.7 insall - then picked up the dll file from that installation and applied that to my (existing) test site.
I'm conscious that it's a beta, hence testing on a Test installation first!
Upgrade uComponents 2.1 to 2.2
I must be doing something wrong, but I'm having trouble upgrading from uComponents 2.1 to 2.2 on umbraco 4.7.
I tried (in a test environment!) simply overwriting the dll. But when I came to add extra components (via the dashboard control), I got an error.
Is there something else I need to update too? Or should I simply install 2.2 as a new package in addition to 2.1? Would that overwrite all the old files?
Thanks
Allan
Hi Allan,
v2.2 has only been released as a beta so far - did you get the package from CodePlex? (or build from the source code?)
Upgrading is as simple as overwriting the "uComponents.Core.dll" in the /bin directory - did you make sure to rename the DLL in the package ZIP? (as it is given a Guid filename).
You can also install the package via the back-office, it will overwrite the files, no problem. Only issue is that Umbraco will still list that you have v2.1 installed also - this causes no problems, just that uComponents is listed twice in the "Installed Packages" tree.
Cheers, Lee.
Hi Lee
I installed v2.2 in a clean Umbraco 4.7 installation, then picked up the uComponents.Core.dll from that installation and used that to overwrite the dll in the test environment. Then added the dashboard control, and was able to tick the extra features I wanted to add, but got an error on saving.
Also, just to check, when installing this into an existing site with 2.1 installed, installing 2.2 on top won't cause any issues with existing data types, content etc?
Thanks
Allan
Difficult to say without know which v2.2 beta you are using or which data-types are in use?! (Do keep in mind that v2.2. is still only a beta - use at own risk!)
That said, I'm using v2.2 beta on several websites (some of which were upgraded from v2.1) ... with no problems.
If you do find any problems, let us know - we'll aim to fix before final v2.2 release.
Thanks, Lee.
Sorry - it's the 2.2 version of the package which I downloaded from the Umbraco package site yesterday, then installed that package on a clean Umbraco 4.7 insall - then picked up the dll file from that installation and applied that to my (existing) test site.
I'm conscious that it's a beta, hence testing on a Test installation first!
Thanks
Allan
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