How to Build an Upgrade

To build an upgrade you first fetch the selected components. The components were originally selected in GCDB and is transferred into the configuration file, so you probably want to fetch all the components.
If languages were defined for the installation, the configuration file will include these language codes, Limit Fetch to Selected Languages will be enabled and you will be able to decide if you want to limit the fetch of translation files only to selected languages.

If the components includes Update, the specified Update version will be fetched first and then files from core release (except already fetched files from Update) for the component.

When fetching is done you create and set the build destination.
You select the build options (normally all) and languages to be included, decide if compilation of Java and/or C# should be automatically started when build is completed, and start the build operation.

Once the build is completed you decide if database files should be generated, including generation of installation template files. At this time you also choose to do the upgrade installation.

Prerequisites

The IFS Configuration Builder must have been set up according to How to Configure IFS Configuration Builder.

To be able to compile Java and C#, and to generate database files,  IFS Base Functionality (fndbas) must be included in the build or already exist in the <build_home>..

Actions to perform to build:

  1. Page Fetch components
    1. Select all components in the component list.
    2. In Select Fetch Mode select All Files.
    3. If Limit Fetch to Selected Languages is enabled, select if translation files should be limited to selected ones or not.
    4. Fetch the selected components by clicking the Fetch button.
    5. More information in How to Fetch Components.
  2. Page Create Build Structure And Compile
    1. Create and set the Build Destination.
    2. Select the languages that should be included in build.
    3. Set whether Java and/or C# compilation should be started after completed build in Compile Options
    4. Click the Build button.
    5. More information in How to Build in General.
  3. Page Prepare Database Objects and Generate
    1. Select Get values from database to check version of installed components and get correct version set for upgrade.
    2. Installation Control for components should be Upgrade from .... , Version up to date or Fresh Installation of version x.x.x.
    3. Set whether Generate database files should be started when Save Settings has been pressed.
    4. Click the Save Settings button.
    5. More information in How to Prepare Database Objects and Generate.

     

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