Re: Upgrade

A relatively "safe" convention (not that it's foolproof, but it usually
works) is to start from 99 and count backwards, i.e. IMHIST99, IMHIST98,
etc.  I did encounter a third-party add-on that did the same thing once, but
that was the only trouble I ever had with it.

Yes, it's definitely best to always recompile logicals rather than copy them
from one environment to another.  Saves a lot of surprises, none of which
have ever been good.
----- Original Message -----
From: "McCready, Joan" <Joan.McCready@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: RE: Upgrade


> You will need to recompile - MAPICS upgrade program has no idea these
> logical files exist. WARNING: if you followed MAPICS naming convention,
you
> may get burned!! I.e. if your current MAPICS release has IMHIST07, 08 and
> 09, and you named your logical IMHIST10, rel 6 may have a MAPICS IMHIST10.
> When you recompile your IMHIST10, you "blow theirs out of the water" and
it
> is a real mess to get it back in synch... (Sadly, this piece of advice is
> given from experience.)
>
> Remember to test your logicals in your test environment; then recompile
them
> in your live environment, too, when you "go live." If you copy the logical
> from the test to the live AMFLIBx, they are still pointing to the test
> AMFLIBx physical file. (This advice, too, is given from experience... It
is
> a painful way to learn, but you do never make the same mistake again!)
>
> Good luck, Joan
>
> Joan McCready, IS Manager      phone:  636-479-4499
> MetalTek International         fax:  636-479-3399
> The Carondelet Division        www.metaltekint.com
> 8600 Commercial Blvd
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dgore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dgore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 9:40 AM
> To: mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Upgrade
>
>
> We are about to upgrade to R6. We have written logical files that
reference
> MAPICS files. Will the upgrade process result in these logicals pointing
> correctly to the files in the upgraded environment, or will we need to
> recompile the logicals after the
> upgrade?            Thanks,
>
>
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