You can install newer parsers on an older GNPortal/GN4/Tark4 builds.

This is useful to support new formats and/or new parser functions.

To update parsers on an old installation, follow these steps:

On the 64-bit system

1.Make a backup of your old binaries (C:\TERA\GN4\WEB\BIN, C:\TERA\GN4\COM, C:\TERA\GN4\WEB)

2.Check you have prerequisites for the new parsers (new vcredist, new .net, etc.)

3.Download parserS_64.zip and com_64.zip.

4.Stop the IIS and Back4 services.

5.Extract parsers_64.zip into your server bin folder (usually C:\TERA\GN4\BIN) replacing existing files.

6.Extract parsers_64.zip also into your Web application bin folder (usually C:\TERA\GN4\WEB\BIN) replacing existing files.

7.Extract com_64.zip into your COM folder (usually C:\TERA\GN4\COM)

8.Register the Pdflib_x64.dll, dsofile_x64.dll, XmpFileHandler_x64.dll with regsvr32.

9.Restart the Back4 service.

10.Restart the IIS service.

On the 32-bit system

1.Make a backup of your old binaries (C:\TERA\GN4\WEB\BIN, C:\TERA\GN4\COM, C:\TERA\GN4\WEB)

2.Check you have prerequisites for the new parsers (new vcredist, new .net, etc.)

3.Download parserS.zip and com.zip.

4.Stop the IIS and Back4 services.

5.Extract parsers.zip into your server bin folder (usually C:\TERA\GN4\BIN) replacing existing files.

6.Extract parsers.zip also into your Web application bin folder (usually C:\TERA\GN4\WEB\BIN) replacing existing files.

7.Extract com.zip into your COM folder (usually C:\TERA\GN4\COM)

8.Register the Pdflib.dll, dsofile.dll, XmpFileHandler.dll with regsvr32.

9.Restart the Back4 service.

10.Restart the IIS service.

Note

If PDFLib won't register, download and install all vcredists from 2008 onwards.