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11/5/2010 3:42 AM

Aristotelis Pitaridis

www.computermagic.gr/
Joined: 7/8/2009

Posts: 44

Upgrade a module

I have successfully developed some modules for the company that I work for. Now I have a problem with the upgrade of a module. I would like to make a package which will replace some files of a module with the new files that I have upgraded. Is there a way to make it in dnn?

Thanks

11/5/2010 6:09 AM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: Upgrade a module

if you create a package for a subsequent version of your module, files will be replaced and upgrade SQL scripts will be executed. The DNN 5 manifest is able to remove files specified in the cleanup section, while DNN 4 (and previous) use a cleanup text file listing the files to remove - see some of the core packages for a sample. There is an extended description of the manifest file in the Wiki on this site.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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11/8/2010 3:02 AM

Aristotelis Pitaridis

www.computermagic.gr/
Joined: 7/8/2009

Posts: 44

Re: Upgrade a module

So if I replace the files of the module and change the version number defined in the manifest, the dnn will automatically replace old files with the new files I added in the package. Is this what actually happens?
I also checked in the Wiki and I found the "packaging your module" part of the site but there is not contents there in order to define the structure of the manifest file.

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