Important Notes

• You can easily upload all the files to your installation folder on the server overwriting the existing files. From 2.2 RC, your existing configuration files, - config_db.php, config.php, /lang/installed_languages.inc and installed_extensions.php - will nolonger be installed. They are created the first time you install FrontAccounting and don't need further updates.
  
  • Backup  (download) the following files to another folder:
    • if you have made changes to other files, like themes or so, backup these files.
  • Upload all the new files.
  • Look into the file, config.default.php and compare with your own config.php file. You should update the the following in your config.php:
    
    
  • Change the $version in your config.php file, about line 59, from "2.X.X" to "2.2.4".
  • If this is an update from 2.2.3 to 2.2.4  you are done and  should ignore the the rest of the items in this note.
  • Copy these 2 lines from config.default.php at the bottom into config.php at the bottom:
    
    /* allow using of multi level sub-types when digits are of same length in account types */
    $use_new_account_types = 0;
    Change this to 1 if you want to use new multi level sup-types.
    
  • If this is an update from "2.2.X" to "2.2.3" you are done and  should ignore the the rest of the items in this note.
    
  • Copy these 2 lines from config.default.php about line 80-82 into config.php about line 80:
    
    /* Show users online discretetely in the footer */
    $show_users_online = 0;
    Change this to 1 if you want to show users online.
    
  • Replace the 2 lines about line 110-111 in config.php:
    
    $table_style     = "cellpadding=3 border=1 bordercolor='#8cacbb' style='border-collapse: collapse'";
    $table_style2     = "cellpadding=3 border=1 bordercolor='#cccccc' style='border-collapse: collapse'";
    
  • With these 4 lines from config.default.php:
    
    if (!isset($_SESSION['bordercolor']))
        $_SESSION['bordercolor'] = "#8cacbb";
    $table_style     = "cellpadding=3 border=1 bordercolor='".$_SESSION['bordercolor']."' class='tablestyle'";
    $table_style2     = "cellpadding=3 border=1 bordercolor='#cccccc' class='tablestyle2'";
    
  • Remove these 2 lines from config.php about line 176-177:
    
    /* default start-up tab (orders/AP/stock/manuf/proj/GL/system) */
    $def_app = "orders";
    
  • Copy these 3 lines from config.default.php about line 113-115
    
    // defalt dateformats and dateseps indexes used before user login
    $dflt_date_fmt = 0;
    $dflt_date_sep = 0;
    
  • Copy these 2 lines from config.default.php about line 211-212:
    
    define("ICON_SUBMIT", "ok.gif");        // new in 2.2
    define("ICON_ESCAPE", "escape.png");    // new in 2.2
    
  • And paste them into config.php about line 209
  • If you use gregorian calendar and have non-workdays on Friday and first day of week = Saturday
    then you  should  set this line in config.php about line  95.
    

    $date_system = 3;

  • If you want to use FrontAccounting help wiki then set this line in config.php about line 85
    

    $help_base_url = "http://frontaccounting.net/fawiki?n=Help.";
    

  • Rename or remove the /install folder (you have already performed the install process earlier).
    
• You must immediately login on company 0, the first company you created, as admin (called the superadmin). If you use a theme other than the standard 3, aqua, cool or default, switch to one of these before going further. You can download a new one of the new themes on the download page later.  Go to the 'Setup' tab and run 'Software Upgrade'. Mark the checkbox 'Install' and press 'Upgrade System'.  You must also do this if you upgrade from 2.2 Beta to 2.2 RC. This will upgrade ALL your companies.
  
• If something goes wrong during upgrade, you can enter here again and try 'Force Upgrade', and press 'Upgrade System' again.
  
• There are no database changes during a major and minor release. Like from 2.2 to 2.2.1 - 2.2.X .
  
• Enter 'Setup' tab, 'System and Generel GL Setup'.  Set the correct Accounts for Retained Earnings, Profit/Loss Year and Bank Charge.
  
• Enter 'Setup' tab, 'Access Setup'. Check all the roles and change as you please. The roles have been converted from the former Access Roles and may need some changes.
  
• Enter 'Setup' tab, 'Company Setup'. If you want Automatic Item Price Calculations from Standard Cost, add a percent to add and eventually round to the nearest XX Cent. Also check that Base for Auto Price calculations is set.