Running multiple versions of Jiwa on Dev machine

[perry]

Hi,

I'm running multiple version of Jiwa (.157, .175 and 7.1) on my dev machine without out any problem and now having trouble with installing .175 SR8.

I cant run upgrade package as the installed version of Jiwa is 7.1. I tried to extract all files from the installer to the .175 folder and Jiwa.exe won't start.

Can you please assist?

[Scott.Pearce]

The files from the service release are *patches* not the full files, so copying them over won't work.

To get yourself a copy of 7.0.175.0 SR8 on your dev machine alongside your other versions do this:

1. Get another physical machine or create a VM (i.e use VirtualBox)
2. Install 7.0.175.0
3. Install 7.0.175.0 SR 8 (it patches the 7.0.175.0 installation)
4. Copy the c:\Program Files (x86)\Jiwa Financials\Jiwa folder to somewhere on your dev machine

[Mike.Sheen]

To get yourself a copy of 7.0.175.0 SR8 on your dev machine alongside your other versions do this:

1. Get another physical machine or create a VM (i.e use VirtualBox)
2. Install 7.0.175.0
3. Install 7.0.175.0 SR 8 (it patches the 7.0.175.0 installation)
4. Copy the c:\Program Files (x86)\Jiwa Financials\Jiwa folder to somewhere on your dev machine

In Perry's case, seeing as 7.1 is installed already - and assuming that's the way it's wanted to be left at - I'd:

• copy the 7.1 program folder (\Program Files (x86)\Jiwa Financials) to another folder
• Uninstall Jiwa
• Install 7.00.175
• Install 7.00.175 SR8 - that'll leave your machine with 07.00.175 SR8 deployed
• Copy that program folder (\Program Files (x86)\Jiwa Financials) somewhere else
• Uninstall Jiwa again
• Install 7.1

After doing the above, your installed version of Jiwa is 7.1, but you now have a 07.00.175.00 SR8 version in the folder of your choosing.

As you would have now figured out, the only way to get a SR (Service release) applied is to have the version of Jiwa it applies to installed, and only then can the service release be applied.

As Scott mentioned - a VM approach instead works well for managing all these versions - and a VM will save you from the hassles introduced by Crystal Reports breaking it's interfaces between Crystal SP16 (which 07.00.175.00 deploys with) and Crystal SP21 (which 07.01.00.00 deploys with).

[perry]

I will give it a try, thank you both.