Installing a Minor Release

Composition of the Technical Version Number

The complete technical version number for an installation includes the specifications for the Version (V), Release (R), Service Release (S) and Build (B). In principle, the technical version number is composed as follows: V.R.S.B (e.g. 11.5.3.31122 for Innovator 11 R5 Service Release 2 [hotfix] B).

Major Release

Version and release define the major release of Innovator.

Major releases can be installed and operated side by side. In other words, you can install Innovator 11 R5 (11.5.x) alongside Innovator 11 R4 (11.4.x).

Note:

Operating a new major release requires an upgrade order, which you can download from the customer area.

More detailed information about installation is included in the installation manual for the version in question.

Minor Release

Service release and build define the minor release of Innovator.

Minor releases cannot be installed side by side since they use the same items in the Windows registry.

A new release is service release number 1. The first actual service release is therefore number 2.

The build number can represent a hotfix to a service release.

To update to a new minor release, follow these steps:

Back up certain existing data
Uninstall the existing minor release
Install the new minor release

More detailed information about installation is included in the installation manual for the version in question.

Uninstalling the Existing Minor Release

To update to a new minor version, i.e. to install a service release or a hotfix (e.g. from version 11.5.1.XXXXX or 11.5.3.XXXXX to version 11.5.3.YYYYY), you first need to uninstall the existing minor release of the software.

Before uninstalling, please back up the following files:

If you have been working in the demo repository and want to keep this work, the simplest option is to rename the Demo directory in the $INOPRJ project directory, e.g. to Demo_1151. Customized repository directories are not modified when the software is uninstalled and installed.
If you have modified ini files or style sheets in the $INODIR directory, save these files to a different folder. When going through the directories, look out for files that have a newer time stamp than the software itself. These are the files you need to back up.

The uninstall program is in the Windows Start menu Start>Programs>Innovator 11.5. You can also uninstall via the Control Panel (Software and Programs).

The software can be uninstalled, repaired or changed.

Repair should be required only rarely since this replaces the installation files.
Change can be used after an incorrect installation to correct or expand the installation, e.g. from a single client installation to a complete installation.
Uninstall deletes Innovator from the computer. Modified files such as your license file, repositories that you have created, configuration files for the client in the home directory and temp directories are retained.

Installing a New Minor Release or Version

When the new version is installed it will acknowledge that there is data in the installation directory. The new files will be saved alongside the existing files or will overwrite these.

Following installation, the license repository will be loaded from the license server and verified for validity.

If the version and the release – that is the major release – are still the same (e.g. 11.5.2 to 11.5.3), the license repository will be accepted and you can continue running the program without the license needing to be cleared again.
If the version has changed (e.g. 11.5 to 11.6), the license repository needs to be cleared by the manufacturer's order processing department (auftragsbearbeitung@mid.de). Instructions for this are included in the administration program.