It works fine, every time I have a new update, I copy the file into the custom folder, rename the folder to todays date and update the config with the new folder name. But the problem is the process re-installs the entire client where I only need to update the custom files and leave the rest intact.
<clearClientDir value="Always" options="Never|Always|Prompt" />
<!-- Determines if the client install directory is cleared prior to doing an update -->
That’s interesting! Thanks I will try on a test env.
I wonder if there should be an xml tag defining what to do if file exists already (overwrite/ignore…?)
This setting controls whether or not the Auto-Update clears the Client Directory prior to the Update. The Historical setting for this was “Never” - V8 through E9. At ERP 10, it was changed to “Always” since “Never” would have preserved the old MFG namespace DLLs for no reason.
The downside to “Never” is that any component no longer valid for the current release will remain on the disk - Lint.
I’d only use “Never” for our internal updates to prevent lengthy and useless re-installs. For any other kind of updates I think this should be set back to “Always”.