3.6 and 5 Beta parallel installed

Gerd · June 28, 2013, 12:29:27 PM

Dear Mario,

is it possible to install 3.6 and 5 Beta parallel, only install, not to run!

Regards
Gerd

Ferdinand · June 28, 2013, 12:34:05 PM

Yes, provided that you have 3.6.0.118 installed, as this will mean that 3.6 and 5ß use the same version of the scripting engine.

F.

Mario · June 28, 2013, 03:25:02 PM

Please see also the IMatch Beta Announcement which not only covers this question, but several other important questions as well.

claudermilk · June 28, 2013, 10:54:01 PM

For the most part 3.6.118 and 5.xx live together happily. As usual, be sure to test IM5 on a separate, disposable set of images so if anything blows up you can easily regenerate the files being used for testing.

Scripting can be a little tricky. I know my 3.6 scripting is slightly broken now, but I am hoping the beta advances to the point of being usable on production images before I have to really figure out what DLL got whacked--I probably just need to reinstall IM3.

Ferdinand · June 29, 2013, 09:27:44 AM

Quote from: claudermilk on June 28, 2013, 10:54:01 PMScripting can be a little tricky. I know my 3.6 scripting is slightly broken now, but I am hoping the beta advances to the point of being usable on production images before I have to really figure out what DLL got whacked--I probably just need to reinstall IM3.

I had a problem like this that required a reinstall of V3.6. It turned out that there was a common ID in a scripting method in the two versions that shouldn't have been common. That's been fixed. There may well be another. If you post details then it can be found.

F.

claudermilk · July 01, 2013, 10:35:24 PM

I'll have to revisit once I get on the imaging machine. From memory, it's the ever-useful Failed to create ActiveX object error & hits when creating a database variable (IIRC) early on in the Manage Versions 1.12 script. Time has been tight for working in IMatch at all lately--I can barely keep up with IM5 beta installs right now, and sneak in visits here so I don't get TOO far behind. I am suspecting a reinstall of IM3.6 will be needed.

NeilR · July 07, 2013, 04:28:09 PM

I made a mistake and installed IM5 with IM3.6.0.114 (I thought I was current but was not).

I then installed 3.6.0.118.

I have not run any scripts in either version, nor any scans of IM3.

Anything to worry about? If there is, how to I set things right?

reader · July 07, 2013, 06:24:15 PM

Quote from: NeilR on July 07, 2013, 04:28:09 PM
I made a mistake and installed IM5 with IM3.6.0.114 (I thought I was current but was not).

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You probably did what I did... attempted to update 5.6.0.114 from the 'Help/Update' menu. I learned later that the update routine was broken in ....114. I nearly did just as you did but noticed Marios reminder in time.

Mario · July 07, 2013, 09:10:03 PM

3.6.0.118 and 5.x work together well. Any problems?

The only shared component between 3 and 5 is the scripting engine - which is the reason why you need the .118 because it ships with the scripting engine that is compatible with the scripting engine used by IMatch 5.

NeilR · July 07, 2013, 09:20:40 PM

Thanks Mario. I wasn't sure if having 114 installed prior to installing iMatch 5 might cause some sort of nasty installation issue. But if upgrading to 118 solves any conflicts then I should be fine.

I haven't used either enough, since installing iMatch 5, to know if I have a problem