How to Update the GUI from server (version control)

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 18.01

Description:
I installed the service pack. Now how can I update the GUI without reinstalling the entire gui500.exe file?

Resolution:
The GUI is located under directory $aleph_dev/aleph/pc_exe/

- Go to the following directory:
cd $aleph_dev/aleph/pc_exe/

- The new exe files of GUI are under "sp_exe" directory, with each module listed under directory of module:
>>ls -lrt sp_exe/*/bin/*exe
sp_exe/alephcom/bin/printd.exe*
sp_exe/alephadm/bin/alephadm.exe*
sp_exe/ill/bin/ill.exe*
sp_exe/circ/bin/circ.exe*
sp_exe/catalog/bin/catalog.exe*
sp_exe/acq/bin/acq.exe*

- If these files are newer than the ones currently located on your PC GUI installation then they can be automatically ftp'ed from server to PC.
For example, if
$aleph_dev/aleph/pc_exe/sp_exe/catalog/bin/catalog.exe
from service pack is newer than
AL500/catalog/bin/catalog.exe
on your PC
then it can be automatically ftp'ed to PC if the following line is configured in the alephcom.ini of your GUI installation:

- AL500/alephcom/alephcom.ini set [VersionControl]
[VersionControl]
Library=USM01
Minimize=N
Type=sp_exe

- Double click file version.exe
AL500/alephcom/bin/version.exe
and a window will open listing files to ftp to PC
- The files in
../aleph/pc_exe/sp_exe/
will then be ftp'ed to your PC and replace any exe files which are older than those on the PC