#22335 - 05/17/10 01:53 PM
Upgrade guide
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Good day to you,
We have the following releases installed with about lanpacks for good for 5 users.
Adagio Invoices – 8.0A (061101) Adagio Receivables – 8.0B (061213) Adagio Ledger – 8.0D (061013) Adagio Payables – 8.0A (060626)
We have finally upgraded our network and exchange servers and now I can finally turn my attention to Adagio - something which is long overdue!
Is there an upgrade guide somewhere?
In these days of taught belts I am trying to keep support hours down.
Thanks in advance!
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#22336 - 05/17/10 02:22 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Master
Registered: 03/16/99
Posts: 10493
Loc: Canada
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The Release Notes for each of the modules (and their upgrades) generally describe what has changed and things to look out for.
However, there are enormous changes between AR 8.0B and 9.0A, and Ledger 8.0D and 9.0C, so I wouldn't recommend trying to do these upgrades on your own.
For a taste of the changes, you could copy your data to a local drive, install the upgrades locally and convert the data, then make sure that everything is still working the way you expect (especially forms such as statements and invoices).
You have a bit of reading ahead of you.
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Andrew Bates
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#22416 - 05/21/10 10:24 AM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Retired_Guy]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Thank you for your prompt reply.
I have read my way through the fundamentals and have proceeded to do a local installation - the goal being to work my way through the problems and changes etc that we would be looking at.
I uninstalled all the previous stuff on my local computer gave my computer a boot and then installed Ledger 9.0...
I pointed the installation to my local drive and fired it up only to find it was talking about 0 lanpacks ...
So, I went through the registration process but alas I still cannot ruin this test bed..
I have the weekend to work my way through the actual data and as such any help in getting me going would be very much appreciated.
Thank and,
Cheers, JK
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#22424 - 05/21/10 11:42 AM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Softrak Support]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Thank you for posting up!
The exact error message is: All Adagio Lanpak Licenses (0) are already in use. This application cannot be started.
Cheers, JK
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#22425 - 05/21/10 11:52 AM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Action Team
Registered: 03/09/99
Posts: 11324
Loc: Vancouver, BC Canada
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Hi John,
Adagio does not require a Lanpak for the first time you start any Adagio program. Attempting to get a second user into the same program, or attempting to start a second instance of the same program on the workstation, will require a lanpak license.
If you don't have any Lanpaks installed, then you should be able to start Adagio Ledger or any other program once. If you cannot, then the system thinks that you already have the program open and are trying to open it a second time.
If you do have Lanpaks installed, they may be too old. Adagio Ledger 90A requires a certain minimum version of a Lanpak and yours may be older. Run the ChkSys.exe utility from the \softrak\system directory and when the initial check has been performed, click the Lanpak Status button to see which Lanpak versions (if any) you have installed. The error message you posted indicated that either none are installed or they are too old to be recognized.
Ensure your shortcut is pointing to the correct program directory. If it was installed locally, it probably will be in the C:\softrak\ledger folder and the program name is ledger.exe. This is different than older versions of Ledger where the directory and program name was alwin.
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Regards, Softrak Tech Support
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#22427 - 05/21/10 01:05 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Douglas Dickie]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Hi Tech support, Hi Doug,
Doug, what you say rings a bell in my ear.
I will proceed on that path and post up.
Cheers, JK
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#22431 - 05/21/10 01:35 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Hi Doug,
I just rolled out Ledger to a pristine computer and got the exact same result.
Oddly enough, the installer found the network instllation M:\softrak!
So, my guess is that this has to be rolled out to a stand alone computer not connected to the lan ...
Cheers, JK
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#22433 - 05/21/10 01:55 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Softrak Support]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Hi,
I did the custom install so that I would not overwrite the M:\Softrak folder..
Any other ideas?
Cheers, JK
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#22434 - 05/21/10 02:23 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Virtuoso
Registered: 02/07/02
Posts: 839
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Delete ADSPROF.xxx from your data folder in the "play area" NOT on your network.
Start your play version of Adagio and point to your "play area" and when asked answer C:\Softrak\System for the Currency and Task locations
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#22435 - 05/21/10 02:30 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Michael Mulrooney]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Thanks, that is probably the piece I needed...
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#22436 - 05/21/10 02:40 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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ok, great, I'e got it all up and running on a detached notebook.
When I go to install the lanpacks on the network does anyone have any suggestions? - we have the older stuff.. - much older...
Cheers, JK
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#22437 - 05/21/10 02:41 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Oops!
I forgot to say thank you for the help...
Cheers, JK
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#22438 - 05/21/10 02:59 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Virtuoso
Registered: 02/07/02
Posts: 839
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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You really do need to get your dealer involved. You are headed towards a world of hurt! I don't believe that the detail knowledge required for a successful update of Adagio can be provided piece meal through this forum.
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#22442 - 05/21/10 04:08 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Michael Mulrooney]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Hi Michael,
Thank you for your concern - it is appreciated.
I just finished migrating 3 domain controllers and upgrading the schema on our domain - all mission critical systems with no outages.
We also just finished an Exchange 2003 to 2007 migration so we are accustomed to large technical tasks and trust me, Microsoft has it's own quirks!
I appreciate the value of having a dealer and will probably get him involved once we are ready to push the button but first I need to know and understand the issues myself that way we can also get out of situations whenever they arise.
Also by doing this we will have the a clean house for when the cleaner (the dealer) arrives!
Again, thank you and,
Cheers, JK
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#22443 - 05/21/10 06:07 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Hi gents,
Regarding our upgrade I am considering wiping the current installation and starting from a clean plate rather than upgrading (not the data of course, we will keep that!).
My thinking is that this is a good opportunity to get a clean start and considering how far back we are, why not.
The lanpaks are still somewhat of a mystery to me as we currently on the old ones LANPAK Version: 6.8A (030307) and I am not sure how these will work with the new ones ergo my desire for a clean slate.
My thoughts are to uninstall everything from everywhere and wipe the SOFTRAK folder (actually I'll save it off to the the side) and then start fresh including the new lanpaks.
Any feedback would be welcome!
Cheers, JK
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#22445 - 05/22/10 12:28 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Douglas Dickie]
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Adagio Master
Registered: 03/16/99
Posts: 10493
Loc: Canada
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A new lanpak can be used by an old program, but an old lanpak cannot be used be a new program.
Installing Adagio locally on a station not connected to a network should work fine. It's how I run my laptop when I'm not in the office.
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Andrew Bates
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#22506 - 05/30/10 12:57 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Douglas Dickie]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Hi Doug and thank you for your reply.
We have a disconnected workstation with local copies of all the databases which have all been converted succesfuuly and users for each company have tested all processes and things are good to go.
The only show stopper is that the software does not import the file format kicked out by the old Property Manager for DOS. Go figure!!! - there goes the 80s!
We are able to import batches manually through the import process but these are not pre-read and offered as pending batches.
I've looked at the files (and contents) and ponder what few bytes of data is read and how it is to be presented in order to appear in said list.
I tried looking at one of the files exported from AP, AR but didn't see the commonality...
Regardless, thank you for your ongoing support and,
Cheers, JK
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#22507 - 05/30/10 01:14 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Master
Registered: 03/16/99
Posts: 10493
Loc: Canada
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What are you expecting to import from Property Manager? GL batches? Invoices (AR or AP)?
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#22513 - 05/31/10 12:47 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Retired_Guy]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Hi Andrew,
The old Property Manager for DOS exports AR (billings, adjustments cash receipts) which we used to import into Adagio Ledger.
I looked at the file created by the old propery manager and is not a txt file but rather some sort of binary file....
Did you guys remove that import option from the menu but leave it somewhere in the background???
Thank you amd,
Cheers, JK
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#22517 - 05/31/10 03:16 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Wizard
Registered: 06/15/04
Posts: 3504
Loc: Toronto ON, Canada
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John:
Are you saying that: 1) You used to Retrieve the Property Mgr files 2) Now you can only Import them 3) The files are now in text format?
Note that Retrieve and Import are different processes.
When an application (AP, AR, BR, Property Manager) creates a file that can be Retrieved into the GL, it creates the file in a format that cannot be read by an external application (though GridView can read it). That's the file you loooked at. It is not a text file.
It sounds as if Property Manager is no longer creating files for Retrieval, only for Import. I haven't looked at the application for years but check to see if something has changed there. It's not Adagio in this case!
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#22518 - 05/31/10 04:17 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Bruce Gardner]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Good afternoon gents,
Thank you everyone for posting up.
When opening Ledger we used to see the Property Manager files ready to be retrieved.
The file is (I think) called GLPMBTCH.xxx and I copied it to the new folder where the new data and new software is being tested but the new software does not find the file...
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Cheers, JK
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#22524 - 06/01/10 09:08 AM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Softrak Support]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Hi tech support,
Looking at the other files that do get the famous "Retrieve" option I noted APGLBATCH.xxx.
The file had 0 bytes so, I renamed PMGLBTCH.xxx to APGLBTCH.xxx and lo and behold - the file appeared as an AP version 6.5 file...
What is the mechanism that is used to tell Ledger what files to look for?
Cheers, JK
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#22530 - 06/01/10 02:43 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: Softrak Support]
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Adagio Virtuoso
Registered: 02/07/02
Posts: 839
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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You should be able to copy PMBRSCGL.LD4 from your PMASP folder ( if that is the DOS folder for Property Manager ) to your data folder and rename so that the extension is the same as your data.
This presumes that your PM data files are with the rest of yor Adagio data.
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#22597 - 06/07/10 02:00 PM
Re: Upgrade guide
[Re: JohnK]
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Adagio Maven
Registered: 02/12/10
Posts: 164
Loc: Vancouver, BC
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Good day everyone,
I would like to thank everyone for the help I received.
This is not a task I would recommend the average every day user attempt as complexity does play a part.
I have finished the migration and the day is mostly over and we have had no difficulties.
There was a total of about 10 workstations and 6 companies and the process worked very well.
I must say that the workstation install is very slick!
Thank you and,
Cheers, JK
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