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Though most forms/flows created on v4.1.7+ or v5.1.1+ will not require further attention post migration. However, there are a few migration items that you need to consider. If your forms contain any of the following, please read and understand the Planning for v5.3 which may require your action before you begin your upgrade.
Please follow the instructions on this page, to perform your upgrade. Click on the link for the section that applies to your upgrade.
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- Please read and understand the Migration Considerations which may require your action before beginning.
- Backup the v4 server's forms and users databases
- Backup the v4 server's installation directory so that you have a copy of all custom configuration parameters and the v4 server's data folder.
- Stop the v4 server using stop-frevvo.[bat,sh] or through the Computer Management Services console if is running as a window's service. It is very important that the v4 server is stopped, otherwise the v5 server may not correctly migrate all existing tenant users.
- Download a fresh v5 server:
- Download the latest v5 software.
- Request a v5 license key by emailing support@frevvo.com. Your v4 license key will not work with version 5 of . You must email frevvo to obtain a functional v5 license key.
- The download is a zip file. Extract the contents to any folder of your choice. This folder will be referred to as <frevvo-home> (note that the zip already contains a top level frevvo folder).
- Migrate existing 4.1.7 forms & users databases using the upgrade scripts provided in <frevvo-home>/data/sql/upgrade. You must execute these SQL scripts to perform a few required database schema updates.
- Navigate to <frevvo-home>/data/sql/upgrade.
- The scripts are named by database and by release number of the Live Forms version that you are upgrading from. For example, if your databases use mySQL5, and since you can only upgrade form versions 4.1.7 or later - use the scripts that have "mysql5" and 417 in its name:
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- login as a tenant admin
- Click on the Configuration Checklist link to verify that all configurations are complete
- login as a tenant designer user
- view and edit a form/flow
- view submissions that existed before
- test forms/flows
Applying a Minor Patch Update
If you're applying a minor patch update, for example, applying patch 5.3.5 to your installed 5.3.2 Live Forms server, you can follow these simple steps instead of the more lengthy upgrade steps.
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You can download the latest build from frevvo download page.The latest major version and latest connector versions are available on the public Software Downloads page.
Follow these steps:
- Unzip the v5.3.5 build to a temp directory.
Copy the \temp\frevvo\tomcat\webapps\frevvo.war file.
Stop frevvo.
Replace the frevvo.war file in your installation with the one copied above.
If you made any change in the web.xml file of your frevvo.war, then you will have to make those changes again in the web.xml file of the new frevvo.war. The steps to do this are explained here or you can just copy the old web.xml and replace the new one with it.
Delete everything inside \frevvo\tomcat\temp directory of your installation.
Start frevvo.
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