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Shoper 9 LiveUpdate

March 2010

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Objectives Concept of Shoper 9 LiveUpdate

Activity of Shoper 9 LiveUpdate

Installation of Shoper 9 LiveUpdate

Downloading latest Shoper 9 releases

Adding a download location

Modifying download details

Scheduling download

Updating latest Shoper 9 releases

Verifications of log files

Guidelines and best practices


Shoper 9 LiveUpdate Used to update Shoper 9 with available patch

A patch may include:

o Fixes for known bugs

o Enhancements to the existing features

o Additional features

Live update can be done anytime after Shoper 9 installation


Live Update Activity Downloading the files (patch) for update

Updating Shoper 9 with the downloaded patch

Shoper 9 LiveUpdate can be used for updating your installation with

o Default application patch

o Customised patch

The patch downloads can be from multiple locations

Downloads can be scheduled


Shoper 9 LiveUpdate - Utility Shoper 9 LiveUpdate utility

o To be installed in order to download and update patches

o Gets installed during Shoper 9 HO/ POS installation

o Can be installed on a machine with or without Shoper 9 installation

Installing Shoper 9 LiveUpdate utility will create two exes on your

machine, ShoperLU.exe (for Downloading the patch) and ShoperPU.exe

(for updating the patch)

The icons ShoperPatchDownloader and ShoperPatchUpdater will be

created on the desktop

Shoper 9 LiveUpdate engine will be self updated during downloading the

patch


Download Double click ShoperPatchDownloader icon

Select the product

Click Download

Patches for the selected product will be downloaded


Update Patch To update Shoper 9, you need to login as a user with administrator privileges

in Windows

Double click ShoperPatchUpdater icon

Select the product

Click Update


Update Patch

The list of activities will be ticked as and when the steps are completed. Once

all the activities are ticked, LiveUpdate completed successfully message is

displayed.

Click Close.

To view the updation status details, click View Log.


Verifications of log files

Click View Log

Or

Open Shoperupdate.log in Shoper 9 application folder and check the log

entry for

o exes and dlls

o scripts


Configuring the Utility

To change the download to location,

Double click ShoperPatchDownloader icon

Click Settings

If the product selected is Shoper 9 POS,



The Shoper 9 POS LiveUpdate Settings window is displayed

Displays the default location from where the files have to be downloaded

Set Download To field

Click Save

The specified download from and to locations will be saved



To add a Download Location,

Click Add

Enter the Location Name

Select FTP or HTTP in Download Using



If you have selected HTTP

Enter the HTTP Address and the Port

Click Save



If you have selected FTP

Enter the FTP Address, Port, User Name, Password and confirm the password

Click Save



To Schedule download

Click Schedule

Enter Starting Date

Enter Starting Time


Configuring the Utility Enter Frequency of Download Enter Windows User Name

Enter Password

Click OK

Click Turn Off, to turn off the scheduled activity


Guidelines and best practices Ensure you download and install the latest LiveUpdate engine

Always use the downloader to download the patches, so that Shoper 9

LiveUpdate engine gets updated automatically

Ensure all Shoper 9 applications and connected clients are closed

Ensure database connectivity is available

Ensure POS Agent is closed during the LiveUpdate process

Compare and check the updated patch and the downloaded patch versions


Questions & Answers


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