Download The Current Upgrade - Compiled May-31-2010 thru CHG241

Download the Upgrade Now! Get the Current Upgrade! What was in Upgrade DLL0916 What was in Upgrade DLL0421 What was in Upgrade DLL0708 What is in Upgrade DLL0104 If Your In A Hurry… This download may take some time. You will receive a self extracting zip file. The name of this file is DLLUPGD.exe. Since this file is over 15MB, on a 56KB connection you should expect this task to take about 20 minutes. When the download completes the file will automatically execute. Do not forget to exit your Accounting Programs before you perform the upgrade. If the programs are running when you try to upgrade them, you will get and error, the upgrade will fail AND you will no longer have operational software!

Before You Begin You need to check the current version of the software that you have installed. In addition, you will need to verify the status of your database. Each release of the program is designed to work with a specific database configuration. To check both of these conditions, login into the accounting software then click on the Help button on the main menu bar at the top of your screen then chose the About option on the drop down menu that appears. See What Your Screen Should Look Like. Your Current Version Is identified by the bright red line in the center of the About window which should read something like this . . . Compiled May-31-2010 thru CHG241 Your Specific Database Configuration Is identified by clicking on the Database button at the bottom middle of the About window. Your database current change level is located at the top of the list and will be identified as CHGnnn where nnn is the database change number. See What Your Screen Should Look Like. Download The Upgrade Make a note of the compiled date and specific database configuration of your installed programs then exit the software. Click on the Get the Current Upgrade! link to the left. When the Download window appears click on the Open button. The upgrade file is about 12MB so allow for enough time for the download process to complete. Different versions of windows will have different configurations for the Download window. Our goal here is not to save the file to disk but to run it over the internet. The file has been checked for viruses so your computer system should be fine. If you have a multiple user system, you will have to download the upgrade on each computer. This Is A Self Extracting Zip File When the download completes the file will automatically execute and you will see the self extracting zip file screen. The one thing to watch out for on this screen is the drive letter that the upgrade will be installed to. On some windows computers the Program Files subdirectory is not located on the C drive but some other drive such as D or F. If that is the case on your computer, simply change the drive letter located at the beginning of the “Unzip to folder” prompt. Our download assumes that your programs are located on your C drive. See What Your Screen Should Look Like. When Your Ready, Click The Unzip Button The files will be transferred to the Bcc Accounting Programs subdirectory on your computer and will replace the program files that are located there. If you want to make copies of the old programs before you begin, simply copy the entire Bcc Accounting Programs subdirectory to safe area like a CDROM. In addition to the program being delivered, all changes to the database are loaded into a subdirectory called DBCHANGE also located in the Bcc Accounting Programs area. When the unzip completes your programs have been upgraded. Using the instructions above, check the compiled date and make sure that you see Compiled May-31-2010 in the About window. Updating Your Database Next step in the upgrade process is updating your database. To do this log on to the Bcc Accounting Programs, click on the Help button on the main menu bar then About then Database. Once you have the Database Changes Applied window up click on the Update button. The program should locate the DBCHANGE subdirectory and present you with a verification screen. See What Your Screen Should Look Like. Applying The Changes The changes to the database will be applied in order. It is important that you wait until one change is applied and completed before starting the next one. All the changes in the download will be and must be applied. If you have any problems with this step call our office for assistance.